surname and masc. proper name, from Gaelic/Old Irish Niall "champion." Picked up by the Vikings in Ireland (as Njall), brought by them to Iceland and Norway, thence to France, from which place it was introduced in England at the Conquest. Incorrectly Latinized as Nigellus on mistaken association with niger "black," hence Nigel.
雙語(yǔ)例句
1. Neil's ability to utter banalities never ceased to amaze me.
每次我都很驚訝，尼爾怎么能講出這么索然無(wú)味的東西。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
2. Neil's colleagues say he was actually in a joking, upbeat mood.