| 释义 |
Valaisian, n. and a.|væˈleɪzɪən|
[f. Valais (see *Valaisan n. and a.) + -ian; cf. Fr. Valaisien.]
= *Valaisan n. and a.
1863Miss Jemima's Swiss Jrnl. (1963) 45 Here from that galleried summit some sixty years ago the Valaisians defended the spot against the French. 1917A. D. Godley Reliquiae (1926) I. 321 Guarding the gate of some Valaisian pass, The gleaming peak, the glacier seen afar. 1918C. F. Cameron Switzerland vi. 128 Guichard..passed..ordinances that roused the manly spirit of the Valaisians to revolt. 1950J. Russell Switzerland iii. 81 Only in the early sixteenth century did an architect impose any personal style upon Valaisian building. 1990Sunday Times 23 Dec. iv. 11/5 The rich and their glitzy haunts sit easily among the black wooden chalets and stone-slabbed Valaisian cowsheds. |