jerran

形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. afraid
    — As soon as things had got thus far, I began to feel rather jerran, as the blacks say, (i.e. timorous).

词源

Borrowed from an aboriginal Australian language, used briefly in Australian English. A mention is made in Robbery Under Arms, by Rolf Boldrewood; another is made in Alexander Harris's Settlers and Convicts (1847).
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