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单词 Blighty
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Definition of Blighty in English:

Blighty

noun ˈblʌɪtiˈblaɪdi
British
  • 1An informal term for Britain or England, used by soldiers of the First and Second World Wars.

    〈英〉英国老家(多作两次世界大战时士兵对不列颠或英格兰的非正式昵称)

    1. 1.1military slang A wound suffered by a soldier in the First World War which was sufficiently serious to merit being shipped home to Britain.
      〈军俚〉(第一次世界大战期间)可以被送回英国医治的伤
      he had copped a Blighty and was on his way home

      他负了伤,正被送回英国治疗。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • A few nights later he copped a ‘Blighty’ bullet in his leg and I last saw him in Dover Hospital in 1943.
      • He's bound to cop a Blighty before the week is out.
      • Then, as you know, I copped a Blighty while standing on the ground, if you please.
      • Inflicting or otherwise causing a blighty wound was considered a capital offense, which was punishable by execution by a firing squad.
      • He copped a blighty over in Flanders and he was sent over here to recover.

Origin

First used by soldiers in the Indian army; Anglo-Indian alteration of Urdu bilāyatī, wilāyatī 'foreign, European', from Arabic wilāyat, wilāya 'dominion, district'.

  • It was British soldiers serving in India who first started calling their homeland Blighty. The word was an alteration of Urdu bilāyatī ‘foreign, European’, which came from Arabic wilāyat ‘country, district’. During the First World War soldiers hoped for a blighty one—a wound not too serious but bad enough to get safe passage home.

Rhymes

almighty, Aphrodite, flighty, mighty, nightie

Definition of Blighty in US English:

Blighty

nounˈblīdēˈblaɪdi
British
  • 1An informal and typically affectionate term for Britain or England, chiefly as used by soldiers of World War I and World War II.

    〈英〉英国老家(多作两次世界大战时士兵对不列颠或英格兰的非正式昵称)

    1. 1.1military slang A wound suffered by a soldier in World War I that was sufficiently serious to merit being shipped home to Britain.
      〈军俚〉(第一次世界大战期间)可以被送回英国医治的伤
      he had copped a Blighty and was on his way home

      他负了伤,正被送回英国治疗。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • He's bound to cop a Blighty before the week is out.
      • Then, as you know, I copped a Blighty while standing on the ground, if you please.
      • He copped a blighty over in Flanders and he was sent over here to recover.
      • A few nights later he copped a ‘Blighty’ bullet in his leg and I last saw him in Dover Hospital in 1943.
      • Inflicting or otherwise causing a blighty wound was considered a capital offense, which was punishable by execution by a firing squad.

Origin

First used by soldiers in the Indian army; Anglo-Indian alteration of Urdu bilāyatī, wilāyatī ‘foreign, European’, from Arabic wilāyat, wilāya ‘dominion, district’.

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