◙ adjective 1. of or relating to the Netherlands or its people or their language • （与）荷兰（有关）的；（与）荷兰人（有关）的；（与）荷兰语（有关）的 ◙ noun 1. [mass noun] the language of the Netherlands, spoken by some 20 million people • 荷兰语（约有2,000万人使用） [S. African derogatory] Afrikaans • [南非，贬] 南非荷兰语 2. [as plural noun the Dutch] the people of the Netherlands collectively • ［总称］荷兰人 3. Dutch belongs to the West Germanic branch of Indo-European languages and is most closely related to German and English. It is also the official language of Suriname and the Netherlands Antilles, and is spoken in northern Belgium, where it is called Flemish
【IDIOMS】
◘ go Dutch 1. share the cost of something, especially a meal, equally • 平摊费用（尤指饭钱），AA制付账 ◘ in Dutch 1. [US informal, dated] in trouble • [美，非正式，旧] 处于困境中，有麻烦 »he's been getting in Dutch at school. 他在学校的日子一直不太好过。
【语源】
1. from Middle Dutch dutsch 'Dutch, Netherlandish, German': the English word originally denoted speakers of both High and Low German, but became more specific after the United Provinces adopted the Low German of Holland as the national language on independence in 1579