White Russia

短语

na. 白俄罗斯 [网络] 白俄罗斯共和国；威士忌可乐；白俄罗斯小姐

释义与例句

name
  1. 1.

    A historical East Slavic region.

  2. 2.

    An archaic literal translation for Belarus, a country in Eastern Europe.

    古体
  3. 3.

    The areas controlled by the White Army, as opposed to Soviet ("Red") Russia, one of the sides in the Russian Civil War.

    历史

词源

Calque of Russian Бе́лая Русь (Bélaja Rusʹ). Compare German Weißrussland, German Low German Wittrussland, Dutch Wit-Rusland, Afrikaans Wit-Rusland, Danish Hviderusland, Faroese Hvítarussland, Swedish Vitryssland, Norwegian Bokmål Hviterussland, Norwegian Nynorsk Kviterussland, Icelandic Hvíta-Rússland, Limburgish Wit-Rusland, Alemannic German Wiissrussland, among others.

来源：wiktionary