英语词汇“wild colonial boy”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

wild colonial boy

noun Australian /NZ

1 historical An outlaw who lived in the bush: Ned Kelly, the original wild colonial boy, has served to reinforce the myth of the bush in Australia’s national identity...

The wild colonial boy soon slipped off into the night.
The bushranger was better known as "the Wild Colonial Boy".
In the latter part of the novel, the focus shifts to his being a “wild colonial boy”, an Australian of the wilderness, owned by nobody.

1.1 informal A boisterous man with no regard for convention or authority: our boys were no angels, but there were plenty of wild colonial boys down there...

The Australian cricket establishment is as reactionary as they come, and the wild colonial boy from Melbourne knew he didn't have much rope to play with.
In the early years he had a reputation as something of a "wild colonial boy".
Come the toss-up for the first Test, those wild colonial boys will be singing from the same hymn-sheet.

Origin

Mid 19th century: from the Australian and Irish ballad ‘The Wild Colonial Boy’.

单词	wild colonial boy
释义	wild colonial boy noun Australian /NZ 1 historical An outlaw who lived in the bush: Ned Kelly, the original wild colonial boy, has served to reinforce the myth of the bush in Australia’s national identity... The wild colonial boy soon slipped off into the night. The bushranger was better known as "the Wild Colonial Boy". In the latter part of the novel, the focus shifts to his being a “wild colonial boy”, an Australian of the wilderness, owned by nobody. 1.1 informal A boisterous man with no regard for convention or authority: our boys were no angels, but there were plenty of wild colonial boys down there... The Australian cricket establishment is as reactionary as they come, and the wild colonial boy from Melbourne knew he didn't have much rope to play with. In the early years he had a reputation as something of a "wild colonial boy". Come the toss-up for the first Test, those wild colonial boys will be singing from the same hymn-sheet. Origin Mid 19th century: from the Australian and Irish ballad ‘The Wild Colonial Boy’.
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