Gallic
Gallic 英 [ˈgælɪk] 美 [ˈɡælɪk]
adj. 五倍子的；镓的，瘿的；法国人的
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- adj. 五倍子的；镓的，瘿的；法国人的
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1. “One day, the banks are sucking up to you, the next they hate your guts, ” he says with a Gallic shrug.
“前一天，银行还在吸引你加入，第二天就对你恨之入骨，”他一边说一边优雅地耸了耸肩。
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2. And in France, Nicolas Sarkozy has been engaged in an ongoing debate about Gallic values, particularly the country's devotion to secularism.
在法国，尼古拉斯·萨科齐投身到一场持续的关于法国人价值观，特别是该国所热衷的世俗主义的辩论中。
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3. The French claim to being the world's greatest lovers was blown apart today by a new study revealing three-quarters of Gallic couples have bad sex lives.
法国人声称是世界上最棒的情人这一说法今天被推翻。 一项新的研究表明四分之三的高卢夫妇性生活存在问题。
- Gallic (adj.) 1670s, "of or pertaining to the French," from Latin Gallicus "pertaining to Gaul or the Gauls," from Latin Gallia "Gaul" and Gallus "a Gaul" from a native Celtic name (see Gaelic), though some connect the word with prehistoric West Germanic *walkhoz "foreigners" (see Welsh). Originally used in English rhetorically or mockingly for "French." The cock as a symbol of France is based on the pun of Gallus "a Gaul" and Latin gallus "cock" (see gallinaceous). Earlier was Gallican (1590s).
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