polis

n. 城邦

发音

/ˈpɒ.lɪs/
/ˈpoʊ.lɪs/

词形变化

poleis 复数 polises 复数

别名

pollis

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A Greek city-state.

    城邦

    历史
  2. 1.

    The police.

    爱尔兰 苏格兰 不可数 可数

    1927, Ernest Bramah, Max Carrados Mysteries 'Oh, don't bring in the polis on me, kind gentleman,' implored Mrs Laffey with redoubled fluency; 'the dirty, thievin' sergeant that set the lie against me a short while back over Mister Johnson's sthrayin' pullets, it's little justice I should ever see. Be the good kind gentleman—'

  3. 2.

    A police officer.

    爱尔兰 苏格兰 可数 不可数

词源

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *tpelH- Proto-Hellenic *ptólis Ancient Greek πόλις (pólis)lbor. English polis Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek πόλις (pólis, “fortified town; city state”).

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