xhosa

[美]/'kɔ:sə/
词频: 极高

释义

n. 科萨人科萨人使用的班图语
adj. 科萨人的; 科萨语的
词形变化
复数xhosas

短语搭配

Xhosa language

科萨语

Xhosa people

科萨族人

原声例句

Xhosa but not like in American movies.

科萨,但不像美国电影。

来源: Complete English Speech Collection

I don’t speak Tamil, or Slovenian, or Xhosa.

我不会说泰米尔语,或斯洛文尼亚语,或科萨语。

来源: Oxford Online English / IELTS Exam Lessons

It is a custom in South Africa that those who visit the local township and interact with the community are given a traditional South African Xhosa name.

南非的一个习俗是,那些到当地城镇参观并与社区互动的人被赋予南非传统的名字科萨。

来源: The importance of English names.

Virgil Prins, who speaks English, Afrikaans and Xhosa, notes that whites are impatient for punchlines; black audiences enjoy the journey as much as the destination.

维吉尔·普林斯 (Virgil Prins) 会说英语、南非荷兰语和科萨语,他指出白人对妙语不耐烦。黑人观众和目的地一样享受旅程。

来源: The Economist Culture

It effectively  abolished communal ownership altogether in the region, dispossessing a large number of Xhosa, and instituting a labour tax to force them into White-owned businesses.

它实际上完全废除了该地区的公有制,剥夺了大量科萨人的财产,并征收劳工税, 迫使他们进入白人拥有的企业。

来源: Character Profile

There, they engaged in brutal resource wars against the Xhosa and Zulu inhabitants of the  region, and carved out two independent states, known as the Boer Republics.

在那里, 他们对该地区的科萨人和祖鲁人进行了残酷的资源战争,并建立了两个独立的国家,称为布尔共和国。

来源: Character Profile

This is not unlike that common gag in Britain that begins, " An Englishman, an Irishman and Scotsman walk into a bar." Instead, in the South African version, it is a Pedi, a Zulu and a Xhosa walking into a shebeen, or a speakeasy.

这与英国常见的笑话没什么不同,开头是“一个英国人、一个爱尔兰人和苏格兰人走进一家酒吧”。相反,在南非版本中,是佩迪人、祖鲁人和科萨人走进地下酒吧。

来源: The Economist Culture

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