Dutch

(noun.) the West Germanic language of the Netherlands.

(noun.) the people of the Netherlands; 'the Dutch are famous for their tulips'.

(adj.) of or relating to the Netherlands or its people or culture; 'Dutch painting'; 'Dutch painters' .

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• I soon fell into the company of some Dutch sailors belonging to the Amboyna, of Amsterdam, a stout ship of 450 tons. 乔纳森·斯威夫特. 格列佛游记.
• The Dutch fleet, frozen in the Texel, surrendered to a handful of cavalry without firing its guns. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• But Huygens, the great Dutch scientist, about 1556 was the first to explain the principles and properties of the pendulum as a time measurer and to apply it most successfully to clocks. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• It is a curious fact that in the Edison family the pronunciation of the name has always been with the long e sound, as it would naturally be in the Dutch language. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• He sat down again instantly, and asked for a little drop of comfort out of the Dutch bottle. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• For he assured me, that if the secret should be discovered by my countrymen the Dutch, they would cut my throat in the voyage. 乔纳森·斯威夫特. 格列佛游记.
• In Europe, if the French, who are white people, should injure the Dutch, are they to revenge it on the English, because they too are white people? 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• Next came two Dutch prints which Mr. Toller had been eager for, and after he had secured them he went away. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• But being neglected by Sweden, it was soon swallowed up by the Dutch colony of New York, which again, in 1674, fell under the dominion of the English. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• Incidentally this would also have drowned most of the Dutch harvest and cattle. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• The southeastern fringe of it spoke French dialects; the bulk, Frisian, Dutch, and other Low German languages. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• In the expression forlorn hope we have made the Dutch word hoop meaning a company into hope. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• Bowling, as we know today, is an indoor adaptation of, and an improvement upon, the old Dutch game of nine-pins. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• The Dutch settlement here formed gradually grew into a town called New Amsterdam, which in 1648 had 1,000 inhabitants. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• I have heard him on such occasions produce sounds of a nature similar to what may be sometimes heard in Dutch clocks. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.

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