释义 |
[ nep-uh-leez, -lees ] / ˌnɛp əˈliz, -ˈlis /
adjectiveof or relating to Nepal, its inhabitants, or their language. noun, plural Nep·a·lese for 2. a native or inhabitant of Nepal. Nepali (def. 1). Origin of NepaleseFirst recorded in 1810–20; Nepal + -ese Words nearby Nepaleseneoytterbium, Neozoic, NEP, NEPAD, Nepal, Nepalese, Nepali, Nepean, nepenthe, nepenthes, neper Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for Nepalese“GNRD has zealously fought to eliminate abuse of Nepalese migrant workers in Qatar,” the organization said in a statement. World Cup Watchdogs Go Missing in Qatar|Nina Strochlic|September 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST It also has a nasty civil rights record of expelling its Nepalese minority of the country. In the Future We'll All Be Renters: America's Disappearing Middle Class|Joel Kotkin|August 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST Jonas Fleury used to sell homemade liquor and food to the Nepalese soldiers. United Nations Still Denies its Troops Brought Cholera to Haiti|Jonathan M. Katz|April 4, 2012|DAILY BEAST Cardamoms are a valuable crop in the same locality, and also in the Nepalese Himalayas. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 14, Slice 4|Various
The Nepalese possess a great advantage in having an excellent clay for making bricks and tiles; and their workmen are very expert. An Account of The Kingdom of Nepal|Fancis Buchanan Hamilton It is the last place of any size on this side of the Nepalese frontier and boasts of a military governor. Mount Everest the Reconnaissance, 1921|Charles Kenneth Howard-Bury He says that the Nepalese highly prize this little animal for its services in ridding houses of rats. Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon|Robert A. Sterndale These belonged to some Nepalese herds who come over here in the summer, bringing their cattle to graze. Mount Everest the Reconnaissance, 1921|Charles Kenneth Howard-Bury
British Dictionary definitions for Nepalese
adjectiveof or relating to Nepal or its inhabitants noun plural -esea native or inhabitant of Nepal Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |