U.S. colloquial shortening of Britisher or Briton, 1901, formerly (in common with Britisher) highly offensive to Englishmen traveling in the States, who regarded it as yet another instance of the "odious vulgarism" of the Americans, but Bret and Bryt were common Old English words for the (Celtic) Britons and survived until c. 1300. In Old French, Bret as an adjective meant "British, Breton; cunning, crafty; simple-minded, stupid."
雙語(yǔ)例句
1. The state of my mouth makes me a classic Brit.
我的嘴巴讓我成為一個(gè)典型的英國(guó)人了.
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2. OBJECTIVE : To analyse the fatty acids of the Perilla frutescens seed oil.
目的: 對(duì)紫蘇子[Perilafrutescens( L. )Brit. ]油進(jìn)行脂肪酸組成的分析.
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3. BrIt'system of signalling by hand signs used by bookmakers at racetracks.