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impi

/im-pee/US // ˈɪm pi //UK // (ˈɪmpɪ) //

印象派,印象笔记,印象分,印象中

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural im·pies, im·pis.

    • : a unit of Zulu warriors; regiment.

Examples

  • As Vidler had said, it seemed a regular impi, for there certainly could not have been much less than a hundred.

  • A black impi—a naked impi—no dirty tattered shirts or ragged store clothes among these.

  • The impi had returned from its pursuit of the rescue party, and was searching for its dead and wounded.

  • We are not at war with the Zulu people that an impi should ‘eat up’ our camp and kill our servants.

  • The two young men were surrounded—stood now in the very centre of the impi.