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.
实用例句
1. Bantam Lyons raised his eyes suddenly and leered weakly.
班塔姆·莱昂斯蓦地抬起眼睛,茫然地斜瞅着他.
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2. Kafka Franz. The metamorphosis. New York: Bantam Books 1986.
法兰兹.卡夫卡, 《变形记》, 纽约: 班腾出版社,1986.
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3. The Bantam River ( a sweet little thing ) passed right by us.
班坦河 ( 一条美丽的小河 ) 恰好从我们的住地旁边流过.
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4. The sweet little Bantam River rose.
美丽的小班坦河水上涨了.
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5. Bantam Lyons'yellow blacknailed fingers unrolled the baton.
