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单词 Gaulish
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Definition of Gaulish in English:

Gaulish

adjective ˈɡɔːlɪʃˈɡɔlɪʃ
  • Relating to or denoting the ancient Gauls.

    (有关)古高卢(人)的

    the Gaulish tribe of Remi
    Example sentencesExamples
    • A Gaulish cleric of the fourth century, he succeeded St Martin as Bishop of Tours and behaved so badly that he was driven out of his diocese, but he changed his ways and was greatly revered by the time he died in 444.
    • The Roman town of Segustero in the land of the Gaulish tribe of the Vocontii was built at the foot of the impressive hill on which the modern town of Sisteron now stands, but which must have been the site of a hillfort in the pre-Roman period.
    • They were largely imitations of Gaulish coins, themselves imitations of Greek staters.
    • Further Gaulish rebellions and then his appointment as consul in Rome meant that he was never to return to Britain.
    • But these did not depend upon language: the evidence of Gaulish chariots, buggies, waggons and postchaises was there before their eyes.
noun ˈɡɔːlɪʃˈɡɔlɪʃ
mass noun
  • The Celtic language of the ancient Gauls.

    古高卢人使用的凯尔特语

    Example sentencesExamples
    • However, few people learn anything about Gaulish or for that matter the other Celtic languages.
    • Why, for that matter, do so few inscriptions survive in ‘British’, or Brythonic, when the Celtic language known as Gaulish was being written down in much of continental Europe?
    • He was attracted by the riddle of Celtic, which developed on the continent as Gaulish in ancient France and northern Italy.

Rhymes

smallish, tallish

Definition of Gaulish in US English:

Gaulish

adjectiveˈɡôliSHˈɡɔlɪʃ
  • Relating to or denoting the ancient Gauls.

    (有关)古高卢(人)的

    the Gaulish tribe of Remi
    Example sentencesExamples
    • A Gaulish cleric of the fourth century, he succeeded St Martin as Bishop of Tours and behaved so badly that he was driven out of his diocese, but he changed his ways and was greatly revered by the time he died in 444.
    • The Roman town of Segustero in the land of the Gaulish tribe of the Vocontii was built at the foot of the impressive hill on which the modern town of Sisteron now stands, but which must have been the site of a hillfort in the pre-Roman period.
    • But these did not depend upon language: the evidence of Gaulish chariots, buggies, waggons and postchaises was there before their eyes.
    • They were largely imitations of Gaulish coins, themselves imitations of Greek staters.
    • Further Gaulish rebellions and then his appointment as consul in Rome meant that he was never to return to Britain.
nounˈɡôliSHˈɡɔlɪʃ
  • The Celtic language of the ancient Gauls.

    古高卢人使用的凯尔特语

    Example sentencesExamples
    • He was attracted by the riddle of Celtic, which developed on the continent as Gaulish in ancient France and northern Italy.
    • However, few people learn anything about Gaulish or for that matter the other Celtic languages.
    • Why, for that matter, do so few inscriptions survive in ‘British’, or Brythonic, when the Celtic language known as Gaulish was being written down in much of continental Europe?
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