Irish是什么意思？

Irish

英[ˈaɪrɪʃ] 美[ˈaɪrɪʃ]

• adj. 爱尔兰的，爱尔（人[语，文化…）的；
• n. 爱尔兰人，爱尔兰语；

例句

• The Irish Premier is paying an official visit to Britain. 爱尔兰总理正在对英国进行正式访问。
• He played an Irish melody on the harp. 他用竖琴演奏了一首爱尔兰曲调。
• He is from the Isle of Man in the Irish Sea. 他来自爱尔兰海的马恩岛。
• a compilation tape featuring new Irish bands 一盘爱尔兰新乐队的选辑
• The two volumes of collected Irish Stories are printed. 两卷本的《爱尔兰故事集》已经印好了。
• We Irish are too poetical to be poets; we are a nation of brilliant failures, but we are the greatest talkers since the Greeks. 我们爱尔兰人太诗意以至不能做诗人,我们是才华横溢的失败者的国度,可我们是自希腊人以来最伟大的讲演者
• It is a love story set against a backdrop of rural Irish life. 这是一个以爱尔兰乡村生活为背景的爱情故事。
• The Irish would not allow overpopulation to occur again. 爱尔兰人不允许再发生人口过剩.
• Daly was a fast-talking Irish-American who had started out as a salesman... 达利是个花言巧语的爱尔兰裔美国人，最初是干推销员的。
• I want to teach Irish so that it won't die out. 我想教爱尔兰语，这样它就不会彻底消失。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• ADJ
  爱尔兰的;爱尔兰人的;爱尔兰语的;爱尔兰文化的
  Irish means belonging or relating to Ireland, or to its people, language, or culture. Irish sometimes refers to the whole of Ireland, and sometimes only to the Republic of Ireland.
  例句
  ...the Prime Minister of the Irish Republic. 爱尔兰共和国首相 ...traditional Irish music. 爱尔兰传统音乐
• N-PLURAL
  爱尔兰人
  The Irish are the people of Ireland, or of the Republic of Ireland.
  例句
  The Irish educate proportionately more young people to university level than the British. 按比例算，爱尔兰接受大学教育的年轻人比英国要多。
• N-UNCOUNT
  (尤指爱尔兰共和国人民讲的)爱尔兰语
  Irish is a Celtic language spoken by people who live in Ireland, especially in the Republic of Ireland.

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. people of Ireland or of Irish extraction
  2. whiskey made in Ireland chiefly from barley
  3. the Celtic language of Ireland
• Adjective
  1. of or relating to or characteristic of Ireland or its people