英語單詞

Spanish是什麽意思

Spanish

英 ['spænɪʃ] 美 ['spænɪʃ]
  • adj. 西班牙的;西班牙人的;西班牙語的
  • n. 西班牙語;西班牙人

英文詞源


Spanish (adj.)
c. 1200, Spainisc, from Spaine "Spain," from Old French Espaigne (see Spaniard) + -ish. Replaced Old English Speonisc. Altered 16c. by influence of Latin. As a noun, "the Spanish language," from late 15c.

For Spanish Main see main. Spanish moss is attested from 1823. Spanish fly, the fabled aphrodisiac (ground-up cantharis blister-beetles), is attested from c. 1600. Spanish-American War was so called in British press speculations early 1898, even before it began in April. For Spanish Inquisition (by c. 1600), see Inquisition.

雙語例句


1. All the signs and announcements were rendered in English and Spanish.
所有的指示標誌和公告都被譯成了英語和西班牙語。

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2. The Spanish media were still sniping at the British press yesterday.
西班牙媒體昨天仍然在攻擊英國媒體。

來自柯林斯例句

3. Richard's mother badgered him into taking a Spanish wife.
理查德的母親磨破嘴皮子,終於說服他娶了個西班牙太太。

來自柯林斯例句

4. Clare and David Astor are sketching a view of far Spanish hills.
克萊爾和戴維·阿斯特正在畫遠處西班牙山巒的風景素描。

來自柯林斯例句

5. Traditional Spanish food is delicious and its specialities are worth searching out.
傳統的西班牙食品美味可口,其特色菜肴值得尋訪。

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