nabob
首字母
n
尾字母
b
英音 ['neɪbɒb]
美音 ['nebɑb]
英音 ['neɪbɒb]
美音 ['nebɑb]
nabob
释义
- n. 地方长官（印度莫卧儿帝国时期）；富豪；在印度发财的欧洲人（等于nawab）
词源
- nabob (n.)
- 1610s, "deputy governor in Mogul Empire," Anglo-Indian, from Hindi nabab, from Arabic nuwwab, honorific plural of na'ib "viceroy, deputy," from base n-w-b "to take someone's place." Also used of Europeans who came home from India having made a fortune there, hence "very rich man" (1764).
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