| 单词 |
Vietnamese |
| 释义 |
Vietnamese, a. and n.|viːɛtnəˈmiːz|
Also Viet Namese.
[f. Vietnam (see below) + -ese.]
A. adj. Of or pertaining to the S.E. Asian country of Vietnam (formed in 1945 by the union of the former French colonial provinces of Annam, Tongking, and Cochin-China, and between 1954 and 1976 divided into North and South Vietnam), its inhabitants, or their language.
1947Facts on File Apr. 129 Yesterday French troops claimed that 3 Japanese officers were killed near Hanoi while leading Viet Namese troops. 1951M. B. Emeneau (title) Studies in Vietnamese (Annamese) grammar. 1951Vietnam: Old Nation—Young State (U.N.), As a result the Vietnamese language developed considerably and was able to free itself entirely from Chinese influence. 1962E. Snow Other Side of River (1963) lxxxv. 685 Gracey refused to see Vietnamese leaders who wished to negotiate terms of cooperation for disarming the Japanese. 1969Listener 12 June 814/3 Whenever I see the members of the village council, I say to them: ‘I'm not here to teach you what to do. I'm not Vietnamese. I don't look like you. I don't even speak your own language. You've got to make your own decisions.’ 1977Early Music July 365/2 (caption) Trân Van Khe playing the Vietnamese fiddle. 1983P. Niesewand Scimitar xi. 247 It was an excellent meal, starting with..Vietnamese spring rolls..and finally squirrel fish, a whole baked fish.
B. n.
a. A native, collect. the natives, of Vietnam.
b. The language of this people, considered by some philologists to belong to the Mon-Khmer family.
1947H. R. Isaacs New Cycle in Asia viii. 157 Matters came to a head in Hanoi on December 19, 1946, when clashes in that city resulted in generalized warfare... The French charged that the Vietnamese were the instigators of the outbreak. 1950Times 25 Apr. 7/2 The new State of Viet Nam has to rely so much on foreign support that many patriotic Vietnamese hold back or join with the Communists. 1953W. W. Gage (title) Verb constructions in Vietnamese. 1965New Statesman 30 Apr. 680/2 As a Vietnamese, I feel I have the right to express my resentment at the US air raids on Vietnam. 1972M. Sheppard Taman Indera 3 The people whom we now know as Chinese, Thais, Khmers, Vietnamese and Malays. 1978E. Tidyman Table Stakes ii. i. 141 He..shouted a string of orders in Vietnamese. |
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