Wardour-street

['wɔ:də'stri:t]
  • adj.
    • 仿古的
    • 英国电影业中心的

英文词源


Wardour-street (n.)
"affected pseudo-archaic diction of historical novels," 1888, from street in London lined with shops selling imitation-antique furniture.
This is not literary English of any date; this is Wardour-Street Early English -- a perfectly modern article with a sham appearance of the real antique about it. [A. Ballantyne, "Wardour-Street English," Longman's Magazine, October, 1888]

双语例句


1. Wardour is Gothic ruins.
洼都堡是哥特式的古代建筑.

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