Briton
	英 ['britən]
美
	    
		英文词源
	
	- Briton (n.)
 - Anglo-French Bretun, from Latin Brittonem (nominative Britto, misspelled Brito in MSS) "a member of the tribe of the Britons," from *Britt-os, the Celtic name of the Celtic inhabitants of Britain and southern Scotland before the 5c. Anglo-Saxon invasion drove them into Wales, Cornwall, and a few other corners. In 4c. B.C.E. Greek they are recorded as Prittanoi, which is said to mean "tattooed people." Exclusively in historical use after Old English period; revived when James I was proclaimed King of Great Britain in 1604, and made official at the union of England and Scotland in 1707.
 
 
		双语例句
	
	- 1. The role is played by seventeen-year-old Briton Jane March. 
  - 这个角色由17岁的英国人简·马奇扮演。
  来自柯林斯例句
 
- 2. the first Briton to climb Everest without oxygen 
  - 第一个未借助氧气设备登上珠穆朗玛峰的英国人
  来自《权威词典》
 
- 3. He is staying at Seaview Hotel, Princes'Avenue, Briton. 
  - 他住在不列顿市王子街的海景旅馆里.
  来自《用法词典》
 
- 4. He was a true Briton, and hoped there were many like him. 
  - 他是个真正的不列颠人, 但愿许多人都能像他一样.
  来自英汉文学 - 双城记
 
- 5. " I am a Briton,'said Miss Pross, " 
  - “ 我可是个不列颠人, ” 普洛丝小姐说.
  来自英汉文学 - 双城记