| 单词 |
Basuto |
| 释义 |
Basuto|bəˈsuːtəʊ|
A member of a S. African people of the Bantu stock. Also attrib. or adj.
1835A. Smith Diary 7 Dec. (1939) I. 163 A Basutu said the hamerkop gives rain. 1837F. Owen Diary (1926) 64 Sintuala chief of the Mantitees or Basutoos. Ibid. 70 The Boers in conjunction with the Busutoos had made another attack on him. 1842R. Moffat Missionary Labours S. Afr. xv. 242 The Basuto country, once the theatre of plunder and bloodshed, is now studded with missionary stations. 1876Encycl. Brit. V. 47/1 The Basutos, sometimes called Mountain Bechwanas, the fragments of several broken tribes of the Bechwana Kaffres. 1878P. Gillmore Great Thirst Land 268 My poor little Basuto pony, the last of my Natal stud, has died of horsesickness. 1892Widdicombe 14 Yrs. Basutoland ii. 20 The Basuto Christians in communion with the English Church are called Machurche. 1926Blackw. Mag. June 826/1 He is a Basuto. 1958Yr. Bk. & Guide S. Afr. 205 The once-famous Basuto pony has deteriorated, but steps are being taken to rehabilitate the breed. |
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