Afrikaans
英 [ˌæfrɪˈkɑːns]
美 [ˌæfrɪˈkɑːns]
n. 阿非利堪斯语; 南非荷兰语
BNC.47070 / COCA.31077
牛津词典
noun
- 阿非利堪斯语;南非荷兰语
a language that has developed from Dutch, spoken in South Africa
柯林斯词典
- N-UNCOUNT 南非荷兰语(南非的官方语言之一)
Afrikaansis one of the official languages of South Africa.- ...a radical Afrikaans newspaper.
一份激进的南非荷兰语报纸
- ...a radical Afrikaans newspaper.
双语例句
- An Afrikaans couple live in one of the houses opposite.
有一对南非白人夫妇住在对面的一幢房子里。 - The 17th century Dutch settlers in South Africa ended up speaking Afrikaans, a substantially different language.
17世纪起在南非定居下来的荷兰人最终说的是南非荷兰语(afrikaan),那是一种与荷兰语完全不同的语言。 - In fact the word comes from Afrikaans ( via Dutch) and the animal was given the name because of a misidentification.
实际上,这个词来自南非荷兰语(通过荷兰),这种动物是因为误认而得名的。 - Afrikaans is an offshoot of dutch.
南非荷兰语是荷兰语的一个分支。 - Writers are an esteemed Afrikaner caste, yet Afrikaans authors ( including the half-Afrikaner J.M. Coetzee) increasingly publish in English.
阿非利卡语作家是一个备受尊重的群体,但他们(包括有着一半阿非利卡血统的J•M•库切(J.M.Coetzee))开始越来越多地用英语发表作品。 - They also said the rabbit represented the pressure of finishing the sculpture on time because haas-the word for rabbit in the Dutch-based Afrikaans language-also means haste.
他们还说,这只兔子代表按时完成雕像的压力。因为在以荷兰语为基础的阿非利堪斯语中,haas代表兔子,同时这个单词还有匆忙的意思。 - It was there that he urged fellow prisoners to learn Afrikaans, on the theory you could better defeat your enemy if you spoke their language.
在监狱里,他鼓励狱友们学习南非荷兰语。他的理论是,如果会说敌人的语言,便有更大的胜算战胜敌人。 - Scarcely used in administration, Afrikaans just isn't much use anymore. Even at Stellenbosch University, the Afrikaner Oxford, only about 10 per cent of lectures are now in Afrikaans.
甚至在斯坦陵布什大学(StellenboschUniversity,阿非利卡人的牛津大学(Oxford)),如今也只有大约10%的课程使用阿非利卡语授课。 - Trek was borrowed into English in South Africa, where the word was used by speakers of Afrikaans for a journey by ox wagon.
Trek这个词在南非被借入英语,在南非讲南非荷兰语的人用来指用牛车所进行的旅行。 - Afrikaans, dutch, english, flemish, and German are the more important languages within the West Germanic grouping.
南非语、荷兰语、英语、法兰德斯语、及德语则属西日耳曼语的几个重要语言。
