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单词 British Standards Institution
释义

British /britˈish/

adjective
  1. Relating to Britain, to its former or present inhabitants or citizens, or to its empire or commonwealth of nations
  2. Relating to the variety of English used in Britain
  3. Relating to the ancient Britons
noun
  1. The British people
  2. The language of the ancient Britons
  3. Welsh (obsolete)
ORIGIN: OE Brettisc, from Bret a Briton, Welshman

Britˈicize or Britˈicise transitive verb and intransitive verb

To make or become British or like the British

Britˈisher noun (orig US)

A native or citizen of Britain

Britˈishism or Britˈicism /-sizm/ noun

An expression characteristic of the English spoken in Britain

Britˈishness noun

British bulldog noun

A team game of chasing in which as the members of one team are caught, they join the other team

British disease noun

Extreme militancy in industrial relations, esp excessive use of strikes

British gum noun

Dextrin

British plate noun

A kind of German silver

British Standards Institution see BSI

British Standard Time noun

The time, one hour ahead of Greenwich Mean Time, used in Britain throughout the year from 1968 to 1971

British Summer Time noun

The time adopted in Britain during the summer, one hour ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (to give extra daylight in the evenings)

British thermal unit noun

The amount of heat required to raise the temperature of 1lb of water by 1ºF, equivalent to 1055.06 joules

British warm see warm

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