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单词 blighty
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
blight•y  (blītē),USA pronunciation n., pl. blight•ies. [Brit. Slang.]
  1. British Terms(often cap.) England as one's native land;
    England as home:We're sailing for old Blighty tomorrow.
  2. British Termsa wound or furlough permitting a soldier to be sent back to England from the front.
  3. British Termsmilitary leave.
  • Hindi bilāyatī the country (i.e., Great Britain), variant of wilāyatī vilayet
  • 1885–90

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
Blighty /ˈblaɪtɪ/ n (sometimes not capital) Brit slang (used esp by troops serving abroad)
  1. England; home
  2. (esp in World War I)
    Also called: a blighty one a slight wound that causes the recipient to be sent home to England
  3. leave in England
Etymology: 20th Century: from Hindi bilāyatī foreign land, England, from Arabic wilāyat country, from waliya he rules
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