| 释义 |
banzai, int.|bænˈzaɪ|
[Jap., literally, ten thousand years.]
1. A shout or cheer used by the Japanese in greeting the emperor or in battle. Also as n.
1893E. Arnold Adzuma ii. i, At the departure of the Imperial train, the citizens raise loyal cries of ‘banzai! banzai!’ 1904Daily Chron. 12 Feb. 5/5 The crowd sang national songs, and shouted ‘Banzai’ continuously. 1905Times 7 Oct., Enthusiastic banzais were given for King Edward and the Emperor of Japan.
2. attrib. or as adj. = (as if) shouting ‘banzai’, uproarious, jollificatory. slang.
1929F. C. Bowen Sea Slang 7 Banzai Party, a party of naval men going ashore for a spree. 1932Kipling Limits & Renewals 199 That's how it was till the Squadron returned... The banzai-parties came ashore, all hats and hosannas like a tax-payers' treat.
b. Applied to a reckless attack by Japanese servicemen.
1945Coast to Coast 1944 106 Out in the glaring sky a Zero started its Banzai run. 1945San Francisco News 13 June 1/5 Smashed desperate ‘banzai’ charges by doomed enemy survivors. |