Anglo-Saxon

名词 n. 形容词 adj. 专有名词
中文释义
英 /ˌæŋɡləʊˈsæksən/|/ˌaŋɡləwˈsaksən/    美 /ˌænɡloʊˈsæksən/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A member of the Germanic peoples who settled in England during the early fifth century.
  2. A person of English ethnic descent. US
  3. A lightskinned or blond-haired person presumably of North European descent like British. US
形容词 adj.
  1. Related to the Anglo-Saxon peoples or language.
  2. Related to nations which speak primarily English and are influenced by English culture and customs, especially Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom and the United States.
    — [...] Ethnography thus aims at record- ing as accurately as possible the respective modes of life of various groups. Ethnology, on the other hand, utilizes for comparative purposes (the nature of which will be explained below) the data provided by the ethnographer. Thus, ethnography has the same meaning in all countries, and ethnology corresponds approximately to what is known in Anglo-Saxon countries—where the term eth- nology has become obsolete—as social or cultural anthropology.
  3. Favouring a liberal free-market economy.
  4. Descended from some other North European settlers like the British (English). US
专有名词
  1. Synonym of Old English (language). archaic
  2. Synonym of Old English (language).; Old English free of any foreign borrowings (as from Old Norse or Norman French). archaic,often,specifically
  3. Profanity, especially words derived from Old English. informal
    — Sometimes these chairmen are authoritarians, who wield the budget-book as a weapon - the junior staff members have some Anglo-Saxon words for them

词形变化

Anglosaxon alternative,rare AS alternative,initialism Anglo-Saxons plural Anglosaxon alternative,rare AS alternative,initialism more Anglo-Saxon comparative most Anglo-Saxon superlative Anglosaxon alternative,rare AS alternative,initialism

词汇关系

相关词
Early Modern English Early New English English Middle English Modern English New English Semi-Saxon

词源

词源 1
From Anglo- + Saxon, from Latin Anglosaxones (Anglo-Saxones), Latin Anglī Saxōnēs (literally “the English Saxons”), as distinguished from the Continental Saxons. Displaced native Old English Angelseaxan.
词源 2
From Anglo- + Saxon, from Latin Anglosaxones (Anglo-Saxones), Latin Anglī Saxōnēs (literally “the English Saxons”), as distinguished from the Continental Saxons. Displaced native Old English Angelseaxan.
词源 3
From Anglo- + Saxon, from Latin Anglosaxones (Anglo-Saxones), Latin Anglī Saxōnēs (literally “the English Saxons”), as distinguished from the Continental Saxons. Displaced native Old English Angelseaxan.
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