| 释义 |
Malt, n.2 slang.|mɒlt, -ɔː-|
= Maltese n. 1 a.
1959C. MacInnes Absolute Beginners 40 A sickly simper,..that she turned on like a light for the two beefo Malts. 1969Sunday Mail (Brisbane) 16 Mar. 10 A new and frightening power is suddenly emerging in the Sydney underworld. It is called by those who know about it ‘The Malts’. Police fear it is taking the form of a Maltese ‘Mafia’. 1971Guardian 6 July 11/6 The ‘Malts’, as one used to refer to them, or sometimes ‘yellow-bellied bastards’. |