bantam: [18] When these diminutive chickens were first imported into Europe in the middle of the 18th century, it was thought that they had originated in a village called Bantam in Java, now in Indonesia, and they were named accordingly. This version of their history has never been firmly established, but the name stuck. Bantamweight as a category of boxing weights dates from the 1880s.
bantam (n.)
1749, after Bantam, former Dutch residency in Java, from which the small domestic fowl were said to have been first imported. Extension to "small person" is 1837. As a light weight class in boxing, it is attested from 1884, probably from the birds, which are small but aggressive and bred for fighting.
雙語例句
1. Bantam Lyons raised his eyes suddenly and leered weakly.
班塔姆·萊昂斯驀地抬起眼睛,茫然地斜瞅著他.
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2. Kafka Franz. The metamorphosis. New York: Bantam Books 1986.
法蘭茲.卡夫卡, 《變形記》, 紐約: 班騰出版社,1986.
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3. The Bantam River ( a sweet little thing ) passed right by us.
班坦河 ( 一條美麗的小河 ) 恰好從我們的住地旁邊流過.
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4. The sweet little Bantam River rose.
美麗的小班坦河水上漲了.
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5. Bantam Lyons'yellow blacknailed fingers unrolled the baton.