“Rotwelsch”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

Rotwelsch

释义

‖ Rotwelsch|ˈroːtvɛlʃ|
Also † Rothwelsch.
[Ger., f. MHG. rot beggar or rôt red + welsch Welsh.]
A form of slang or cant used by vagrants and criminals in Germany and Austria.
1841Borrow Zincali II. iii. ii. 130 The name of this [robber] jargon varies... In Germany [it is called] ‘Rothwelsch’ or red Italian.1892[see Yiddish a.].1916H. Bradley Shakespeare's English in Shakespeare's England II. xxx. 567 The Hebrew words that are so conspicuous in the contemporary Rotwelsch of Germany.1934Priebsch & Collinson German Lang. 260 The lowest type of speech is the thieves' and beggars' cant known in German as Rotwelsch or Gaunersprache.1961John o' London's 30 Nov. 610 The argot of the French underworld, the Rotwelsch of Germany, is paralleled by the Cant of English rogues and vagabonds.1973Reader's Digest Feb. 122/2 ‘Please, put away that firecracker,’ said the Major, lapsing into Rotwelsch—the slang of Vienna's underworld.

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