whig
美音:
[wıg
]英音:
[wıg
]n.辉格党
难易程度:
whig为短语/超纲词汇
词形变化:
形容词:Whiggish 名词:Whiggery
whig
n[C]
[Date: 1600-1700; Origin: Whiggamore 'member of a 17th-century Scottish group opposed to the king' (17-20 centuries), probably from Scottish English whig 'to drive' + more 'horse, mare']
a member of a British political party of the 18th and early 19th centuries which wanted to limit royal power, and later became the Liberal Party