middelmannetjie

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈmɪd(ə)lˌmanəki/|/ˈmɪd(ə)lˌmanətʃi/    美 /ˈmɪd(ə)lˌmænəki/|/ˈmɪd(ə)lˌmænət͡ʃi/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A ridge between ruts made by wheels in a dirt or gravel road. South-Africa
    — Spoor [of a hippopotamus] […] Well-worn paths, some 20 cm wide, lead up from rivers, the four-toed tracks running parallel, and clearly indicating a ‘middelmannetjie’.

词形变化

middelmannetjies plural

词源

Borrowed from Afrikaans middelmannetjie (“little man in the middle”) (analysable as middel (“middle”) + man (“man”) + -etjie (“diminutive suffix”)), from Dutch middel (“middle”) + mannetje (“a short man”) (from man (“man”) + -etje, a variant of -tje (diminutive suffix)).
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