单词 | batavian |
释义 | Batavianadj.n. A. adj. a. Of or relating to the ancient Batavi (see etymology). b. Relating to Holland or to the Dutch. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > native or inhabitant of the Low Countries > [adjective] > Dutch butter-moutha1549 Dutchkin1576 Hollandish1611 vanden1639 butterbag1645 hogan1651 hogen mogen1653 butter bowzy1719 Batavian1795 Dutchy1862 1795 Coll. State Papers War against France III. i. 19 Decreed and published..1795, in the first year of Batavian liberty. a1859 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. (1861) V. 141 The peculiarity of the Batavian polity threw some difficulties in his way. 1876 G. Bancroft Hist. U.S. (rev. ed.) I. iv. 100 He had fought for the independence of the Batavian republic. B. n. plural. a. The ancient Batavi (see etymology). ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > Germanic people > ancient Germanic peoples > [noun] > tribes AlemannieOE Quadia1387 Suevia1387 Batavian1598 Nervii1598 Rusa1837 1598 R. Grenewey tr. Tacitus Descr. Germanie iv, in Annales 266 The Batauians..inhabit an Ilande of the riuer of Rhene. b. The Dutch or Netherlanders. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > native or inhabitant of the Low Countries > [noun] > the Dutch Low Dutchman1576 the Dutch1577 Low Dutch1592 Flounderkina1668 Batavian1876 1876 G. Bancroft Hist. U.S. (rev. ed.) II. xxii. 24 There would be no war but on water, the home of the Batavians. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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