| 释义 |
‖ elchee|ˈɛltʃiː|
Also elchi, eltchi.
[Turk. īlchī, ‘from īl a (nomad) tribe, hence the representative of the īl’ (Y.).]
An ambassador.
1824J. Morier Adv. Hajji Baba III. xiii. 148 Ignorant of what is due to the character of Elchi, or ambassador. 1828Blackw. Mag. XXIII. 64 So well described by an English Elchee. 1863Kinglake Crimea I. viii. 113 The great Eltchi [Sir Stratford Canning]. |
