| 释义 |
ba·li·nese
I. \|bälə|nēz, |ba-, -lē, -nēs\ noun
(plural balinese)
Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: Dutch Balinees, adjective & noun, from Bali, island of Indonesia + connective -n- + Dutch -ees -ese
1.
a. : a people of chiefly Hindu-Javanese extraction prob. with Papuan and Polynesian admixture inhabiting the island of Bali
b. : a member of such people
2. : the Malayo-Javanese language of the Balinese people
II. adjective
Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: Dutch Balinees
: of or relating to the island of Bali or its inhabitants or their language or culture
III. noun
Usage: usually capitalized
: a domestic cat of a breed that originated as a spontaneous mutation of the Siamese and is identical to it in type and in coat color and eye color but has a long silky coat and plumelike tail |