| 释义 |
Riff, n.6 and a.|rɪf|
Also Rif.
[f. Rîf, the name of a district in Morocco.]
A. n. A Berber of the Rîf district of Morocco.
B. adj. Of or belonging to the Riffs.
1923Contemp. Rev. Nov. 616 Representatives of the Riffs now demand the formal recognition of the Riff republic. 1925Glasgow Herald 6 July 9/2 Several Riff attacks in the neighbourhood of the River Liben have been repulsed. 1926Chambers's Jrnl. Mar. 158/1 Hussein was a good Riff, and the killing lust was upon him. 1964C. Mackenzie Life & Times III. 76 There might be other Riffs about with rifles who would shoot us in the hope of plunder. |