单词 | 帕坦人 |
释义 | 〔Pathan〕A member of a Pashto-speaking people of eastern Afghanistan and northwest Pakistan, constituting the majority population of Afghanistan.帕坦人:阿富汗东部和巴基斯坦西北部讲普什图语的一支,占阿富汗人口的多数〔Burton〕British explorer and Orientalist. Disguised as a Pathan, he journeyed (1853) to the forbidden cities of Mecca and Medina and in 1858 tried unsuccessfully to discover the source of the Nile River. His best-known work is a translation ofThe Arabian Nights (1885-1888), which was considered scandalous at the time. 伯顿,理查德·弗朗西斯:(1821-1890) 英国探险家和东方学家。他假扮成帕坦人游历了禁城麦加和麦地那(1853年),1858年他试图探索尼罗河源头,但未成功。他最有名的作品是《天方夜谭》 (1885-1888年)的译本,此部作品在当时被认为是丑恶可耻的 |
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