mofussil

乡下, 乡村

发音

UK /məʊˈfʌs(ə)l/

词形变化

mofussils 复数 mofussils

别名

mufassil

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Originally, the regions of India outside the three East India Company capitals of Bombay, Calcutta and Madras; hence, parts of a country outside an urban centre; the regions, rural areas.

    印度 可数 不可数

    His natural language was crass and of the mofussil, yet he could pepper it with smart turns of phrase on occasion.

词源

Borrowed from Bengali মফস্বল (mophośśol), from Classical Persian مفصل (mufassal), from Arabic مُفَصَّل (mufaṣṣal), passive participle of فَصَّلَ (faṣṣala, “to divide, classify”).

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