Wardour-street
['wɔ:də'stri:t]
- adj.
- 仿古的
- 英国电影业中心的
英文词源
- Wardour-street (n.)
- "affected pseudo-archaic diction of historical novels," 1888, from street in London lined with shops selling imitation-antique furniture.
This is not literary English of any date; this is Wardour-Street Early English -- a perfectly modern article with a sham appearance of the real antique about it. [A. Ballantyne, "Wardour-Street English," Longman's Magazine, October, 1888]
双语例句
- 1. Wardour is Gothic ruins.
- 洼都堡是哥特式的古代建筑.
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