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boer

/bawr, bohr, boor; Dutch boor/US // bɔr, boʊr, bʊər; Dutch bur //UK // (bʊə, ˈbəʊə, bɔː) //

博尔,布尔,锅炉,疖子

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a South African of Dutch extraction.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : of or relating to the Boers.

Examples

  • When she heard about the horrible conditions of the camps, which housed Boer women and children, she began raising money and traveled to South Africa to visit the sites.

  • “The events are spread inside and outside the city,” says Boer.

  • “Speaking in general, it seems the atmosphere in the city today is completely different from the crowning in 1980,” says Boer.

  • These are military and political debacles to rival the Boer War.

  • The Tryhards Freddie de Boer, The New Inquiry Liberal pundits are surprisingly radical in their critiques of American meritocracy.

  • During the Boer War, Canadians flocked to the colours to defend the British Empire.

  • On one occasion Moffat halted at a farm belonging to a Boer, a man of wealth and importance, who had many slaves.

  • With a start, and a look as though the man might have dropped from the clouds, the worthy Boer exclaimed, "Are you Africaner?"

  • It seems almost incredible, but it is true that all such mishaps were attributed to Boer treachery.

  • This first was the Boer hospital, and even at this early hour the air was pungent with the reek of strong tobacco.

  • Then another shot cracked—from our side this time; the treacherous Boer, I was told, fell dead, and the action was over.