| 释义 |
Nepalese, a. and n.|nɛpɔːˈliːz|
Also Nepaulese.
[f. Nepal, name of a country on the north-eastern frontier of India + -ese.]
A. adj. Of, pertaining to, or connected with Nepal.
B. n. A native or inhabitant of Nepal; these people collectively. Also, the language of this people.
The form Nepali (a. and n.) also occurs, esp. as the name of the language of the Nepalese.
[1811W. Kirkpatrick Acct. Nepaul vii. 207 The Nepaulians most commonly barter it for the rock salt and borax of Tibet.] 1819F. Hamilton Acct. Nepal i. i. 39 The following account of the Nepalese, or rather Newar, architecture, I have taken from papers communicated by Colonel Crawford. The Nepalese possess a great advantage in having an excellent clay for making bricks and tiles. 1848J. D. Hooker in L. Huxley Life J. D. Hooker (1918) I. xiii. 251 The Sikkim Rajah, whose territories were once the prey of the Nepalese. Ibid. 263 Accepting the invitation of Major Thoresby, the Nepaulese Resident. 1884Encycl. Brit. XVII. 343/1 In all matters of domestic policy the Nepalese brook no interference. 1885G. C. Whitworth Anglo-Indian Dict. 226/2 Nepáli, an inhabitant of Nepal or an emigrant from that country. The principal Nepáli tribes are the Gurkhás, the Gurungs, the Newárs and Limbus, the Kirátis, the Bhutiás, the Lepchás. Also the name of the language of the country, which is a dialect of Hindi. 1908T. G. Tucker Introd. Nat. Hist. Lang. 187 Gujarāti, Sindhi, Punjābi, Kashmīri, and Nepāli in the regions which their names imply. 1911Encycl. Brit. XX. 453/1 Khas-kurā,..passes under various names. The English generally call it Nēpālī or Naipālī (i.e. the language of Nepal), which is a misnomer, for it is not the principal form of speech of that country. 1920Mission News June 45/2 He has translated..the whole of the Bible into his own Nepali language. 1927Chambers's Jrnl. June 370/1 The bungalow..remained in charge of a Nepali. 1931Times 16 Mar. 22/5 Nepalese bronzes and brass work. 1961Listener 10 Aug. 211/1, I had once known Nepali almost as well as I know English. 1964R. Perry World of Tiger iv. 52 The Nepalese stockmen were only too well aware of this habit. 1969Sunday Tel. 12 Jan. 7/3 Many of the hippies..left Nepal..in 1968. The Nepalese didn't like them. 1971C. Bonington Annapurna South Face i. 13 He spoke fluent Nepali. Ibid. iii. 40 The Internal Departures office, an open shed crammed with Nepalis and hippies. 1973Times 14 Apr. (Nepal Suppl.) p. ii/2 It was only after the unification of the country under the royal house of Gorkha that Nepali became the lingua franca of the whole of Nepal. Ibid. p. ii/3 Traditionally Nepali Hindus are extremely conservative. |