Rafflesian

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
英 /ɹəˈfliː.ʒən/|/ɹəˈfliː.ʒɪ.ən/|/ɹəˈfliː.zɪ.ən/    美 /ɹəˈfli.ʒən/|/ɹəˈfli.ʒi.ən/|/ɹəˈfli.zi.ən/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A current or former student of an educational institution named after Sir Stamford Raffles. Singapore
    — By 1961 the first Yang di Pertuan Negara (a former Rafflesian) of self-governing Singapore, Enche Yusof bin Ishak, addressed the school on founder's day – one of the grandest of all founder's day celebrations in the school's history.
形容词 adj.
  1. Of or relating to Sir Stamford Raffles, a British colonial statesman known for his founding of modern Singapore and British Malaya. not-comparable
    — A specimen of this species belongs to the Rafflesian collection; but it is believed that it was brought from Borneo, whence Sir Stamford obtained some valuable subjects of Natural History, particularly the two following subjects.
  2. Of or relating to an educational institution named after Sir Stamford Raffles. Singapore,not-comparable
    — But Philip Liau was always in the thick of Rafflesian life and he made his impact in much more subtle and direct ways. His closeness to his teachers was exemplified by the fact that he regarded them with respect and allowed no one to take them for granted.

词形变化

Rafflesians plural

词汇关系

相关词
Raffles rafflesia Rafflesia arnoldii Rafflesiaceae Raffles's malkoha

词源

词源 1
From Raffles, the surname of Sir Stamford Raffles (1781–1826) + -ian (suffix forming adjectives or nouns meaning ‘belonging to, relating to, or like’).
词源 2
From Raffles, the surname of Sir Stamford Raffles (1781–1826) + -ian (suffix forming adjectives or nouns meaning ‘belonging to, relating to, or like’).
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