Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - mandarin
Mandarin
mandarin
1. n. 1 (Mandarin) the most widely spoken form of Chinese and the official language of China. 2 hist. a Chinese official in any of nine grades of the pre-Communist civil service. 3 a a party leader; a bureaucrat. b a powerful member of the establishment. 4 a a nodding Chinese figure, usu. of porcelain. b porcelain etc. decorated with Chinese figures in mandarin dress. Phrases and idioms mandarin collar a small close-fitting upright collar. mandarin duck a small Chinese duck, Aix galericulata, noted for its bright plumage. mandarin sleeve a wide loose sleeve. Derivatives mandarinate n. Etymology: Port. mandarim f. Malay f. Hindi mantri f. Skr. mantrin counsellor 2. n. (also mandarine) (in full mandarin orange) 1 a small flattish deep-coloured orange with a loose skin. 2 the tree, Citrus reticulata, yielding this. Also called TANGERINE. Etymology: F mandarine (perh. as MANDARIN(1), with ref. to the official's yellow robes)
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I. noun see: mantra Date: 1589 1. a public official in the Chinese Empire of any of nine superior grades, b. a pedantic official, bureaucrat, a person of position and influence often in intellectual or literary circles, 2. capitalized a form of spoken Chinese used by the court and the official classes of the Empire, the group of closely related Chinese dialects that are spoken in about four fifths of the country and have a standard variety centering about Beijing, 3. Swedish ~ (apelsin) ~ (orange), ultimately from Portuguese mandarim ~; perhaps from the color of a ~'s robes] a small spiny orange tree (Citrus reticulata) of southeastern Asia with yellow to reddish-orange loose-rinded fruits, the fruit of a ~, ~ic adjective ~ism noun II. adjective Date: 1604 of, relating to, or typical of a ~ , marked by polished ornate complexity of language ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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