xhosas

[美國]/'kɔ:sə/
詞頻: 非常高

中文釋義

n. 科薩人科薩人使用的班圖語
adj. 科薩人的; 科薩語的

短語搭配

Xhosa language

科薩語

Xhosa people

科薩族人

原聲例句

Xhosa but not like in American movies.

科薩,但不像美國電影。

來源: Complete English Speech Collection

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

我不會說泰米爾語,或斯洛文尼亞語,或科薩語。

來源: 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.

南非的一個習俗是,那些到當地城鎮參觀並與社區互動的人被賦予南非傳統的名字科薩。

來源: 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.

維吉爾·普林斯 (Virgil Prins) 會說英語、南非荷蘭語和科薩語,他指出白人對妙語不耐煩。黑人觀衆和目的地一樣享受旅程。

來源: 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.

它實際上完全廢除了該地區的公有制,剝奪了大量科薩人的財產,並徵收勞工稅, 迫使他們進入白人擁有的企業。

來源: 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.

在那裏, 他們對該地區的科薩人和祖魯人進行了殘酷的資源戰爭,並建立了兩個獨立的國家,稱爲布爾共和國。

來源: 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.

這與英國常見的笑話沒什麼不同,開頭是“一個英國人、一個愛爾蘭人和蘇格蘭人走進一家酒吧”。相反,在南非版本中,是佩迪人、祖魯人和科薩人走進地下酒吧。

來源: The Economist Culture

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