bara brith

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˌbæɹə ˈbɹɪθ/    美 /ˌbæɹə ˈbɹɪθ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A Welsh yeast bread enriched with dried fruit; also, a Welsh fruitcake made with self-raising flour but no yeast. uncountable
    — Then there was the bun-loaf, or bara brith, one of the grand institutions of Llanfairpwllycrochon. Many were the pains taken over this huge loaf—made large enough to last a week or fortnight, according to the appetites of the juvenile partakers— [...]

词源

Etymology tree
Welsh bara
Proto-Celtic *mrixtos
Proto-Brythonic *briθ
Old Welsh brith
Welsh brith
Welsh bara brithbor.
English bara brith
Borrowed from Welsh bara brith (literally “speckled bread”), from bara (“bread”) + brith (“brindled, mottled, speckled”).
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