Briton
Briton 英 [ˈbrɪtn] 美 [ˈbrɪtn]
n. 英国人；大不列颠人
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- n. 英国人；大不列颠人
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1. WHAT makes a Muslim in Britain or America wake up and decide that he is no longer a Briton or American but an Islamic “soldier” fighting a holy war against the infidel?
是什么唤醒了一个英国或美国的穆斯林让他决定自己不再是一个英国人或美国人而是一个进行着对抗异教徒的圣战的伊斯兰"士兵"?
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2. In 1962 he led a pioneering expedition, The Sunday Telegraph Balloon Safari, over east Africa. The following year he became the first Briton to go over the Alps by hot air balloon.
1962年他负责一项名为“星期日电讯报之乘坐热气球看非洲”的东非探险活动，并于第二年成为第一个乘坐热气球飞越阿尔卑斯山的英国人。
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3. The study found the average Briton only knows two jokes.
调查显示，每名英国人平均只知道两个笑话。
- Briton (n.) c. 1200, "a Celtic native of the British Isles," from Anglo-French Bretun, from Latin Brittonem (nominative Britto, misspelled Brito in MSS) "a member of the tribe of the Britons," from *Britt-os, the Celtic name of the Celtic inhabitants of Britain and southern Scotland before the 5c. Anglo-Saxon invasion drove them into Wales, Cornwall, and a few other corners. In 4c. B.C.E. Greek they are recorded as Prittanoi, which is said to mean "tattooed people."
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