| 释义 |
Borussian, n. and a.|bəʊˈrʌʃən|
[f. med.L. Borussi pl. or Borussia (app. etymologizing perversion of stem Prūs-, as if f. Slavonic po by, alongside + Russia): see -ian.]
= Prussian.
1607Topsell Four-F. Beasts 211 They [elks] are..found..in the wood Hercynia, and among the Borussian-Scythians. 1608― Serpents 23 The auncient Borussians, worshipped a naturall Serpent of the earth. 1718T. Purney Chevalier de St. George 49 As regal Beast From Dwolm Borussian bursts. 1882Encycl. Brit. XIV. 702/1 The Lithuanian stem was divided into three main branches:—the Borussians or Prussians; the Letts..and the Lithuanians. 1921Trans. Scott. Eccles. Soc. 126 So far as they are free from Wendish or Borussian admixture. 1925Contemp. Rev. Jan. 72 The country was occupied by aboriginal tribes of Finns, Letts, Lithuanians, Borussians, and Poles or kindred Slavs. |