| 释义 |
† ˈyanky Obs. rare.
[Of doubtful status, origin, and meaning. Perh. Du. Janke, applied orig. to a particular ship, and so identical with Yankee (q.v.). The following examples of Yankee in the proper names of ships may be compared:—
1776M. Cutler in Life, etc. (1888) I. 55 They were in the Yankee Hero. 1813Examiner 11 Jan. 22/1 The Yankee, American schooner privateer.]
1760–1Smollett Sir L. Greaves iii, Proceed with thy story in a direct course, without yawing like a Dutch yanky. 1904P. Fountain Great North-West xvii. 195 A yanki is a small kind of galiot, and the Dutch fur-traders used craft of this kind to ascend the rivers in search of their Indian customers. |