| 单词 |
Kandyan |
| 释义 |
Kandyan, a. and n.|ˈkændɪən|
Also Kandian.
[f. Kandy, Candy, in Sri Lanka; see -an.]
A. adj. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the town or kingdom of Kandy, or of its inhabitants.
B. n. A native or inhabitant of Kandy; the language of the Kandyans.
1849in T. Skinner Fifty Yrs. Ceylon (1891) 220 Robberies and bloodshed became familiar to the Kandyan. 1883J. Ferguson Ceylon in 1883 129 The Kandyan Buddhist temples. Ibid. 138 Of nothing is the elephant so much afraid as of fire, and with nothing will a Kandyan approach a wild elephant so readily. 1891T. Skinner Fifty Yrs. Ceylon 30 My raw untaught Kandians. 1892C. F. G. Cumming Two Happy Years in Ceylon I. 255 Most of the chiefs who attended the reception could talk more or less English, but the ladies were as deficient therein as we were in Kandyan. 1923A. Gibson Cinnamon & Frangipanni 23 Some of the real old Kandyan brass. 1933P. Fleming Brazilian Adventure ii. 20 He spent all his..money on a fruitless search..for the buried treasure of the Kandyan Kings. 1942H. A. J. Hulugalle Ceylon 10 The up-country Sinhalese are loosely called Kandyans. 1956R. Pieris Sinhalese Social Organization 3 The Kandyan kingdom maintained its independence under the kings of Kandy from Vimala Dharma Sūrya I (reg., A.D. 1591–1604) to the deposition of Śrī Vikrama Rājasiṃha by the British in 1815. 1969Femina (Bombay) 26 Dec. 5/4 She also excels in the Kandyan dances of Ceylon. 1971Weekend (Ceylon) 12 Sept. 4/1 (Advt.), Father Burgher Mother Kandyan Goigama Buddhist seek partner for their pretty educated homely daughter. |
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