| 释义 |
New ˈZealandism
[-ism.]
An idiom or word peculiar to the English spoken in New Zealand.
1957N.Z. Listener 22 Nov. 4/3 ‘Creek’ and ‘paddock’ are New Zealandisms, because they mean something quite different in the English of England. 1964A. S. C. Ross in Ross & Moverley Pitcairnese Lang. 13 The two letters which I published in New Zealand about possible new zealandisms in Pitcairnese. |
