999英语网 单词
shelta的意思
shelta
英 ['elt]
美
- n. [盖尔语]行话，隐语[英格兰、爱尔兰游民、铁匠等人中使用的俚语]
英文词源
- shelta (n.)
- secret language of Irish tinkers, 1876, of unknown origin. According to OED it mostly consists of Irish or Gaelic words with inversion or arbitrary substitution of initial consonants.