1
- a speaker of a Baltic language; a Lithuanian or Latvian.说波罗的语的人; 立陶宛人; 拉脱维亚人。
2
- a native or inhabitant of one of the Baltic States of Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia立陶宛、拉脱维亚或爱沙尼亚等波罗的海国人。
2.1
- historical a German-speaking inhabitant of any of these states〈史〉说德语的波罗的海国家人。
- of or relating to the Balts波罗的海国家人的。
词源
late 19th cent.: from late Latin Balthae 'dwellers near the Baltic Sea'.