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

单词

Whigs

释义

Whig /(h)wig/ (historical)

noun

A name applied to members of one of the great English political parties, in the late 17c applied to those upholding popular rights and opposed to the King
After 1830 almost superseded by ‘Liberal’
A Scottish Presbyterian, first so called in the middle of the 17c
One of those who in the colonial period were opposed to British rule (US)
One of the party formed from the survivors of the old National Republican party and other elements, which disintegrated in the 1850s, first called by the name in 1834 (US)

adjective

Of, relating to or composed of Whigs

ORIGIN: Prob short for whiggamore a 17c Scottish Presbyterian rebel

Whiggˈarchy noun

Government by Whigs

Whiggˈish adjective

Whiggˈishly adverb

Whiggˈism, Whiggˈery, Whiggˈishness or Whigˈship noun

Whig principles

intransitive verb (whiggˈing; whigged)

To jog along

transitive verb

To urge forward

ORIGIN: Origin uncertain

noun

transitive verb and intransitive verb (whiggˈing; whigged)

To curdle

ORIGIN: Prob related to whey

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