teuton

['tju:tə n]
  • n. 条顿人(尤指德国人);日耳曼人

英英释义


1. someone (especially a German) who speaks a Germanic language
2. a member of the ancient Germanic people who migrated from Jutland to southern Gaul and were annihilated by the Romans

英文词源


Teuton (n.)
"a German," 1833, in modern use often in contrast to Celt, probably a back-formation from Teutonic.