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 British ['brɪtɪʃ]   添加此单词到默认生词本
a. 英国的

n. 英国人, 英国英语

[法] 大不列颠的, 英国的, 英国人的


  1. He speaks British English.
    他说英国英语。
  2. British colonies were ruled by governors.
    英国的殖民地由总督统治。
  3. The Americans spell some words differently from the British.
    美国人拼写某些单词不同于英国人。


british
[ noun ]
  1. the people of Great Britain

  2. <noun.person>
[ adj ]
  1. of or relating to or characteristic of Great Britain or its people or culture

  2. <adj.pert>
    his wife is British


British \Brit"ish\ (br[i^]t"[i^]sh), a. [AS. Brittisc,
Bryttisc.]
Of or pertaining to Great Britain or to its inhabitants; --
sometimes restricted to the original inhabitants.

{British gum}, a brownish substance, very soluble in cold
water, formed by heating dry starch at a temperature of
about 600[deg] Fahr. It corresponds, in its properties, to
dextrin, and is used, in solution, as a substitute for gum
in stiffering goods.

{British lion}, the national emblem of Great Britain.

{British seas}, the four seas which surround Great Britain.


British \Brit"ish\, n. pl.
People of Great Britain.

  1. The wins should restore the shop's leadership in new-business rankings among British ad agencies.
  2. Aboard the rocket was a communications satellite for the British military and a satellite for television and radio broadcasts to Europe.
  3. "We want you to communicate our concerns to the British government and we request that you advise us of the steps being undertaken by the U.S. government to adress the profound policy implications raised by this egregious deal," the letter said.
  4. In the British case, targeting the south of England, it worked, but the US is a much bigger place. A common thread of the US electoral comparisons is the insider-outsider contrast.
  5. An 11 percent decline in domestic demand and a 17 percent drop in the British market also contributed to the lower profits, the report said.
  6. Sir Peter added that the Bank of England, which regulates British banks, wants Standard Chartered to do a rights issue.
  7. At least one British war veteran attending the wreath-laying ceremony thought Philip's visit to Japan was justified.
  8. Pan Am officials have said they expect the British eventually to give their approval.
  9. In 1955, British Coal's staff totalled over 700,000. It is now 44,000. In other words, over the long haul the economic logic is winning.
  10. INEXORABLY, dividend cuts are moving closer to the centre of the British corporate establishment.
  11. The majority of the 1,800 residents of the islands, whose economic mainstay is sheep-raising, are descendants of British sailors.
  12. He's more British than the British." Rhys-Davies said he sees Joe Gargery as "a holy fool who is not wholly foolish." The miniseries also stars Anthony Hopkins as Magwitch, Jean Simmons as Miss Havisham, and Anthony Calf as Pip.
  13. He's more British than the British." Rhys-Davies said he sees Joe Gargery as "a holy fool who is not wholly foolish." The miniseries also stars Anthony Hopkins as Magwitch, Jean Simmons as Miss Havisham, and Anthony Calf as Pip.
  14. Former British prime minister Sir Edward Heath yesterday secured the release of three British prisoners held in Iraq, write James Whittington in Amman and Agencies.
  15. Former British prime minister Sir Edward Heath yesterday secured the release of three British prisoners held in Iraq, write James Whittington in Amman and Agencies.
  16. Mrs. Thatcher declared in her own speech that German unification should not weaken security and said U.S. and British troops and NATO nuclear missiles must remain in a united Germany.
  17. The move, from January 1, was announced by President Daniel arap Moi at a rally to mark 31 years of independence from British rule.
  18. Until yesterday Lord Richardson of Duntisbourne, head of the Bank of England between 1973 and 1983, had been the second British director on the BIS board. The choice of title was less straightforward.
  19. Dollar figures for the 1989 and 1988 periods were converted from British pounds at the Sept. 30 rate of $1.615 to the pound.
  20. Dwindling U.S. stockpiles, looming cold weather and a British warning of a Persian Gulf conflagration combined to drive oil prices back over $40 a barrel Thursday to a new record close in hectic futures trading.
  21. Last year a British group walked to the South Pole but had to be rescued by the U.S. National Science Foundation after ice crushed the boat that was to have been used for the return voyage.
  22. The class system, that mysterious code the British like to believe is uniquely their own, has suffered a double blow in recent days.
  23. Cominco Ltd., one of the world's largest producers of zinc and lead, said it is reducing zinc output 25% at its smelter in Trail, British Columbia, for 10 weeks of maintenance work.
  24. These are trying times for the British pub, that unabashedly romanticized bastion of beer, banter and brotherhood.
  25. A senior British official on Monday sharply criticized Israeli leaders and suggested that U.N. Security Council members help prepare for Arab-Israeli peace talks _ a proposal made recently by Soviet officials.
  26. This field was discovered 15 years ago by the French company Elf and inherited by British Gas when it bought the US company Teneco in 1988.
  27. Specifically, Mr. Rafsanjani probably is hoping for greater British and German help in rebuilding important oil facilities damaged by the war.
  28. British Coal turns its back on the traditional coalfields of Rugby League.
  29. Ford said it sought long-term relationship with the unprofitable British automaker.
  30. The Saatchis "appear to be believing their own press clippings," said one British banking analyst.
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