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单词 Strine
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Definition of Strine in English:

Strine

noun strʌɪnstraɪn
mass nouninformal
  • 1The English language as spoken by Australians; the Australian accent, especially when considered pronounced or uneducated.

    澳大利亚英语;澳大利亚口音

    I found myself speaking Strine within minutes of arrival
    arriving in Sydney, he applied for a job thinking that copywriter was Strine for copy typist
    Example sentencesExamples
    • What knowledge I possess of the intricacies of Strine may fairly be blamed on this small volume.
    • I must tell you about this because I took a little break in Penang and these nine ladies were having breakfast, and it was pure Strine.
    • On this week's program, Bruce Shapiro explains and demonstrates the differences between speaking Strine and Speaking American.
    • Today's interesting URL is the blog of a paramedic, or in Strine, an Ambo.
    1. 1.1count noun An Australian.
      澳大利亚人
      iced beer stops up the nose—that's why you Strines talk so funny
adjective strʌɪnstraɪn
informal
  • Relating to Australians or Australian English.

    (与)澳大利亚人(有关)的;(与)澳大利亚英语(有关)的

    he spoke with a broad Strine accent

    他说话时带有浓重的澳大利亚口音。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Ex-Tampa families will soon have Strine accents and vocabularies.
    • I bought it because it's Strine, because it's reasonably priced, and because it doesn't seem to have any inherently emetic properties.
    • The only difference was that the American update came as an ‘embassy notice’ while ours was its Strine equivalent, an ‘embassy bulletin’.

Origin

1960s: representing Australian in Strine.

Rhymes

align, assign, benign, brine, chine, cline, combine, condign, confine, consign, dine, divine, dyne, enshrine, entwine, fine, frontline, hardline, interline, intertwine, kine, Klein, line, Main, malign, mine, moline, nine, on-line, opine, outshine, pine, Rhein, Rhine, shine, shrine, sign, sine, spine, spline, stein, swine, syne, thine, tine, trine, twine, Tyne, underline, undermine, vine, whine, wine

Definition of Strine in US English:

Strine

(also strine)
nounstrīnstraɪn
informal
  • 1The English language as spoken by Australians; the Australian accent, especially when considered striking or uneducated.

    澳大利亚英语;澳大利亚口音

    Example sentencesExamples
    • On this week's program, Bruce Shapiro explains and demonstrates the differences between speaking Strine and Speaking American.
    • Today's interesting URL is the blog of a paramedic, or in Strine, an Ambo.
    • I must tell you about this because I took a little break in Penang and these nine ladies were having breakfast, and it was pure Strine.
    • What knowledge I possess of the intricacies of Strine may fairly be blamed on this small volume.
    1. 1.1 An Australian.
      澳大利亚人
adjectivestrīnstraɪn
informal
  • Relating to Australians or Australian English.

    (与)澳大利亚人(有关)的;(与)澳大利亚英语(有关)的

    he spoke with a broad Strine accent

    他说话时带有浓重的澳大利亚口音。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The only difference was that the American update came as an ‘embassy notice’ while ours was its Strine equivalent, an ‘embassy bulletin’.
    • I bought it because it's Strine, because it's reasonably priced, and because it doesn't seem to have any inherently emetic properties.
    • Ex-Tampa families will soon have Strine accents and vocabularies.

Origin

1960s: representing Australian in Strine.

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