| 释义 |
mandarin1/ˈmænd(ə)rin/n. 1 (Mandarin) the most widely spoken form of Chinese and the official language of China 中国国语，官话 2 hist. a Chinese official in any of nine grades of the pre-Communist civil service [史义] (清朝九品官中的)官员 3 a person of importance, esp. a government official or a reactionary or secretive bureaucrat (尤指政府中的)官僚政要 4a a nodding Chinese figure, usu. of porcelain (通常瓷做的)摆头娃娃 b porcelain etc. decorated with Chinese figures in mandarin dress (穿中国官服的)瓷娃娃(玩偶等) □ mandarinate n.[Portuguese mandarim via Malay and Hindi mantrī from Sanskrit mantrin ‘counsellor’] |