Cimmerian

发音

UK /sɪˈmɪəɹ.ɪ.ən/
US /sɪˈmɪɹ.i.ən/

词形变化

Cimmerians 复数 Cimmerians more Cimmerian 比较级 most Cimmerian 最高级

别名

Kimmerian

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Any of the mythical people supposed to inhabit a land of perpetual darkness.

    宗教 神话 哲学
  2. 2.

    One of the Cimmerii, ancient equestrian nomads of Indo-European origin.

    1910, Herodotus (484 B.C.E.–425 B.C.E.), History of Herodotus, translated by George Rawlinson In his reign the Cimmerians, driven from their homes by the nomads of Scythia, entered Asia and captured Sardis

  3. 3.

    The prophetic priestess presiding over the Apollonian Oracle at Cimmerium in Italy.

    历史

    1867 to 1885, Lactantius (240–320 C.E.), Ante-Nicene Fathers, translated by William Fletcher Varro relates that there were ten Sibyls,—the first of the Persians, the second the Libyan, the third the Delphian, the fourth the Cimmerian...

adj.
  1. 1.

    Pertaining to the ancient Cimmerians.

  2. 2.

    Characteristic of Cimmeria; especially describing particularly dense darkness etc.

  3. 1.

    related to the prehistoric continent of Cimmeria

name
  1. 1.

    the language of the Cimmerians, possibly belonging to the Iranian branch

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近义相关 1

dark

词源

From the Latin Cimmerius, from Ancient Greek Κιμμέριος (Kimmérios, “pertaining to the Cimmerii”) + -an.

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