Emmet
의미: Tourist, outsider (Cornwall).
In Cornwall, an 'emmet' is a tourist or outsider—particularly one clogging up the roads in summer. Originally meaning 'ant' in dialect, it came to describe tourists swarming like ants. Can be affectionate or dismissive.
예문
- Roads are full of emmets. 路上全是游客Las carreteras están llenas de turistas道はエメットだらけだ도로가 에멧들로 가득해.
- Emmet season's started. 游客季开始了Ha empezado la temporada de turistasエメットシーズンが始まった에멧 시즌이 시작됐어.
- Don't be such an emmet. 别那么像个外地人No seas tan turistaそんなよそ者みたいなことするなよ그렇게 외지인처럼 굴지 마.
발음
/ˈɛmɪt/
사용 가이드
맥락: tourists, Cornwall, summer
어조: affectionate to dismissive
✓ 올바른 표현
- Emmet游客turista観光客관광객
- Emmets游客们turistas観光客たち관광객들
- Emmet season游客季节temporada de turistas観光シーズン관광 시즌
✗ 잘못된 표현
- Can be offensive to outsiders对外来者使用可能会冒犯Puede resultar ofensivo para los forasterosよそ者に対して使うと失礼になりうる외지인에게는 기분 나쁠 수 있음
흔한 실수
- About tourists, not insects
기원과 역사
'Emmet' is an old English word for ant, preserved in Cornish dialect. As tourism grew, Cornish people applied it to visitors who swarm the county in summer like ants.
어원: From Old English 'emmet' (ant)
최초 기록: Cornish dialect, tourism application 20th century
문화적 배경
Era: Tourism era
Generation: All ages in Cornwall
Social background: Universal in Cornwall
Pop culture: Cornish identity; Tourism debates
Regional notes: Exclusively Cornish.
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