| 释义 |
Ceylonese, a. and n.|siːləˈniːz|
[f. prec. + -ese.]
A. adj. Of or pertaining to the island of Ceylon or its inhabitants; Sinhalese, Sri Lankan.
B. n. A native or inhabitant of Ceylon.
1797Encycl. Brit. IV. 310/2 The Ceylonese make use of boats hollowed out of the trunks of trees. Ibid. 311/1 The Ceylonese monarch was driven from his capital. 1836Penny Cycl. VI. 457/2 The sailing of vessels at the Ceylonese ports. 1948Amer. Speech XXIII. 171 The English cling to..Sinhalese or Singhalese for one [sc. an inhabitant] of Ceylon. But in the last case there seems to be a movement toward Ceylonese. 1960G. Durrell Zoo in Luggage (1965) ii. 55 Some weird devil-masks from a Ceylonese dance. |