释义
n.
historical a member of the majority faction of the Russian Social Democratic Party, which was renamed the Communist Party after seizing power in the October Revolution of 1917
〈史〉 布尔什维克(苏联社会民主党成员,该党于1917年十月革命中夺取政权后更名为共产党)。
chiefly derogatory (in general use) a person with politically subversive radical views; a revolutionary
〈主贬〉 (一般用语)政治上持激进观点的人;革命者。
adj.
of, relating to, or characteristic of Bolsheviks or Bolshevism
(与)布尔什维克(有关)的。
词源
"Russian, from bol'she ‘greater' (with reference to the greater faction)."