Paris of the East

名词 n. 专有名词

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A major city that is considered as magnificent or culturally significant as Paris. uncountable,usually
    — "You know, of course," noted another officer, "there are any number of Parises of the East, from Warsaw to Bucharest."
专有名词
  1. Former nickname for Bucharest: the capital and largest city of Romania. dated
  2. Former nickname for Casablanca: a major city in Morocco. dated
  3. Former nickname for Lahore: a major city in modern Pakistan; in use during the time of the British Raj. obsolete
  4. Former nickname for Phnom Penh: the capital and largest city of Cambodia. dated
  5. Former nickname for Hanoi: a major city in Vietnam. dated
  6. Former nickname for Shanghai: a major port city and direct-administered municipality of China. dated
    — 1934 — Anon., All About Shanghai: A Standard Guidebook, The University Press, Shanghai. 1983 reed., Oxford University Press, Oxford, →ISBN. p. 73; What odds whether Shanghai is the Paris of the East or Paris the Shanghai of the Occident ?

词形变化

the Paris of the East canonical Parises of the East plural the Paris of the East canonical

词源

词源 1
Usually a calque of French Paris de l'Orient, praising a location for its supposed resemblance to the glamor and nightlife of 19th-century Paris.
词源 2
Usually a calque of French Paris de l'Orient, praising a location for its supposed resemblance to the glamor and nightlife of 19th-century Paris.
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