| 释义 |
Balinese, a. and n.|bɑːlɪˈniːz|
[f. Bali + -ese after Du. Balinees.]
A. adj. Of or pertaining to the island of Bali in Indonesia, or to its inhabitants.
B. n.
1. A native of Bali; as collect. sing., the people of Bali.
2. The language spoken by this people.
1820J. Crawfurd Hist. Ind. Archipelago I. i. iv. 69 The diversion of cock-fighting is most especially in vogue among the Malays, the people of Celebes, and the Balinese. Ibid. II. v. i. 27 They..have been translated into the Balinese and Malay languages. Ibid. II. v. iv. 69 The Balinese is the sole language of the island of Bali. 1872Appleton's Jrnl. Aug. 120/2 Many of the Balinese seem to possess sarongs of this description. 1935Times Lit. Suppl. 15 Aug. 508/4 Another important class of Balinese antiquities is richly carved water-spouts. 1954Pei & Gaynor Dict. Linguistics 25 Balinese, a language spoken by about 1,000,000 persons on the island of Bali; a member of the Indonesian sub-family of the Malayo-Polynesian family of languages. |