c. 1300, "foreign lands" (especially non-Christian lands), from Latin barbaria (see barbarian). Meaning "Saracens living in coastal North Africa" is attested from 1590s, via French (Old French barbarie), from Arabic Barbar, Berber, ancient Arabic name for the inhabitants of North Africa beyond Egypt. Perhaps a native name, perhaps an Arabic word, from barbara "to babble confusedly," but this might be ultimately from Greek barbaria. "The actual relations (if any) of the Arabic and Gr[eek] words cannot be settled; but in European langs. barbaria, Barbarie, Barbary, have from the first been treated as identical with L. barbaria, Byzantine Gr[eek] barbaria land of barbarians" [OED].
双语例句
1. She moved out of 28 Barbary Lane to take up residence in a house in Pacific Heights.
她从巴巴里街28号搬出来，住进了太平洋高地住宅区的一所房子。
来自柯林斯例句
2. Barbary whistled a Ronssllon fisherman's song.
巴伯里用口哨吹一支罗士兰渔民歌曲.
来自辞典例句
3. And when the TUOLOMEE left for the West Indies and the Barbary Coast Gatsby left too.
等到托洛美号启程前往西印度群岛和巴巴平海岸的时候,盖茨比也走了.
来自英汉文学 - 盖茨比
4. His second novel, Barbary Shore, was a critical and financial failure.
他的第二本小说, 《北非之岸》, 无论在评论和销量上都成了败笔.
来自互联网
5. Barbary duck a cross between a wild duck and an ordinary duck.
