单词 | ivan |
释义 | Ivann. Used for: a Russian, esp. a Russian soldier (as typical of the Russian army). ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Asia > native or inhabitant of Russia, the Russian Empire, or the Soviet Union > [noun] Muscovite1535 Russ1537 Russian1538 Muscovian1577 Muscoviter1650 White Russian1659 Great Russian1783 bear1804 Rooshian1838 Soviet1920 Ivan1925 society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier by nationality > [noun] > Russian Ivan1925 1870 E. C. Brewer Dict. Phrase & Fable 448/1 Ivanovitch, a lazy, good-natured person, the national impersonation of the Russians as a people, as John Bull is of the English. 1890 Webster's Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. Ivan Ivanovitch, an ideal personification of the typical Russian or of the Russian people;—used as ‘John Bull’ is used for the typical Englishman.] 1925 E. Fraser & J. Gibbons Soldier & Sailor Words 129 Ivan, the everyday name in the Russian Army, at any rate down to 1916, for a private soldier, equivalent to our ‘Tommy Atkins’. 1959 M. Crosland tr. J. Rovan Germany 51 The Russian ‘Ivan’ is the brutal sub-man and the giant with the kind, noble and spontaneous heart..[to] the German spectator. 1968 ‘B. Mather’ Springers xii. 128 We'd knocked off quite a few of their side so far, and even dedicated Ivans could be expected to show a little exacerbation under the circumstances. 1971 C. Egleton Last Post for Partisan xvii. 174 So long as the Ivan kept on coming he wasn't worried. 1972 Guardian 8 Sept. 12/4 A situation in which Ivan continues to come a lot cheaper than GI Joe. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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