| 单词 |
bwana |
| 释义 |
bwana|ˈbwɑːnə| Also Bwana. [Swahili.] A term of respectful address or reverence (formerly used) in East Africa, equivalent to ‘(the) master’, ‘Mr.’, or ‘Sir’.
1878H. M. Stanley Dark Cont. I. iii. 59 Bwana, you see these scars. Ibid. II. xvii. 478 It is Bwana Stanley's expedition that has returned. 1887E. C. Dawson James Hannington 212 The cries of ‘Run, bwana, run!’ were accentuated by a double roar. 1921Blackw. Mag. Jan. 119/1 He had not been able to tell his Bwana about the bustard. 1963Punch 24 July 113/1 An African moving..on to his ex-bwana's farm. |

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