sahib

英 [sɑːb]

美 [sɑːb]

n.  (印度旧时对欧洲男子的尊称)先生，老爷

复数：sahibs　

BNC.41157

牛津词典

noun

• （印度旧时对欧洲男子的尊称）先生，老爷
  used in India, especially in the past, to address a European man, especially one with some social or official status

柯林斯词典

• N-TITLE; N-COUNT 先生，老爷，阁下，大人(印度人对有权人的尊称，尤指在英国统治时期对白人官员的称呼)
  Sahibis a term used by some people in India to address or to refer to a man in a position of authority. Sahib was used especially of white government officials in the period of British rule.
  1. 'It is most urgent, sahib,' he said.
     “事情非常紧急，大人，”他说。
  2. ...British Sahibs and Memsahibs.
     英国的老爷们和太太们

英英释义

noun

• formerly a term of respect for important white Europeans in colonial India

双语例句

• He becomes a sort of hollow, posing dummy, the conventionalized figure of a sahib.
  他成了一个空虚的、装摸作样的木头人，常见的白人老爷的角色。
• Hassan, Agha sahib wants to talk to you! He was standing by the front door, dressed in white, hands tucked under his armpits, breath puffing from his mouth.
  这时阿里唤他进屋：哈桑，老爷想跟你说话！他身穿白色衣服，站在门口，双手缩在腋下，嘴里呼出白气。
• "They will not leave," said Abed Sahib Mohammed Hadi, an elderly man in a beige suit.
  “他们不会离开，说：”阿比德穆罕默德萨赫比哈迪，一名老人在米色西装。
• Hassan picked up the queens. You know, I think you're going to make Agha sahib very proud tomorrow.
  哈桑要了一对Q，你知道吗，我觉得你明天会让老爷觉得很骄傲。
• 'It is most urgent, sahib,' he said.
  “事情非常紧急，大人，”他说。