单词 | tasmanian |
释义 | Tasmanianadj.n. A. adj. Of or pertaining to Tasmania in Australasia. In names of animals, plants, etc., native to Tasmania, as Tasmanian devil (see devil n. 6), Tasmanian wolf (see wolf n.). Also Tasmanian cranberry, Tasmanian currant, Tasmanian honeysuckle, Tasmanian ironwood, etc.: see the nouns. Tasmanian pepper n. = pepper tree n. 1, Tasmannia aromatica (Miller Plant-n.); also Victorian pepper. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Australasia > [adjective] > Australia > Tasmania Tasmanian1851 1851 Official Descriptive & Illustr. Catal. Great Exhib. IV. 998/3 Many Tasmanian plants bloom throughout the winter months. 1874 M. Clarke His Nat. Life ii. v. 104 ‘And what books do you read?’.. ‘“Blair's Sermons,” and “The Tasmanian Almanack”.’ 1920 Glasgow Herald 23 July 6 He..attended the royal meeting of the Tasmanian Racing Club in the afternoon. 1964 W. L. Goodman Hist. Woodworking Tools 157 The Sanderson Brothers & Newbould catalogue has a variation of this called the ‘Tasmanian’ tooth. 1975 Listener 7 Aug. 172 The remnants of the four Tasmanian tribes, the last of the 5,000 Tasmanians who were there when the Europeans landed. B. n. a. A member of the Aboriginal people of Tasmania, now extinct. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > New Zealand and Australian indigenous peoples > Australian Aboriginal peoples > [noun] > specific peoples > person myall1837 Tasmanian1842 warrigal1890 Nunga1924 Nyungar1954 Anangu1982 1842 Penny Cycl. XXIV. 90/2 That courage was rewarded by the appointment of Mr. Robinson to the office of ‘civilizing’ the Tasmanians at Flinders' Island. 1899 J. Milne Romance of Pro-Consul viii. 79 The Tasmanians have now been extinct for years. 1918 L. Huxley Life & Lett. J. D. Hooker I. 106 A meagre record of the thousands of native Tasmanians. 1935 J. S. Huxley & A. C. Haddon We Europeans iv. 120 Of all existing men the Arctic Eskimo is the most leptorrhine and the equatorial negro one of the most platyrrhine, but the Tasmanians, who lived in a temperate climate, were also platyrrhine. 1978 Nature 18 May 185/2 Within a few decades they were nearly exterminated by European settlers, until the scattered survivors were removed in 1834 to Flinders Island, where the last full-blooded Tasmanian died in 1876. b. A native or inhabitant of Tasmania. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Antipodes > native or inhabitant of Australia > [noun] > parts of bushboya1834 Melbournite1838 Melburnian1838 bushman1846 Vandemonian1852 scrubber1859 Queenslander1860 Victorian1862 Sydneysider1865 Centralian1875 Waler1880 Territorian1882 mutton-bird1892 bushy1896 sand-groper1896 tothersider1896 crow-eater1899 Bananalander1900 outbacker1900 Tassie1905 groper1924 Tasmanian1934 mutton-bird eater1941 Top-Ender1941 Kanakalander1945 1934 T. Wood Cobbers xiii. 163 Tasmanians, I found, grumble. 1974 Country Life 7 Nov. 1388/2 Although..whaling had started in its adjacent waters, the Tasmanians themselves were prohibited from engaging in the industry. 1978 A. Waugh Best Wine Last x. 118 One of my two uncles..married a Tasmanian. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1842 |
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