Semite

闪米特人

发音

UK /ˈsiː.maɪt/
UK /ˈsɛm.aɪt/
US /ˈsɛm.aɪt/
其它 /ˈsɪm.aɪt/

词形变化

Semites 复数 Semites

别名

Shemite

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A member of a modern people that speak a Semitic language.

  2. 2.

    A member of any of a number of peoples of ancient southwestern Asia and East Africa such as the Akkadians, Assyrians, Arameans, Phoenicians, Canaanites, Hebrews, Arabs, or Aksumites.

  3. 3.

    A descendant of any of these peoples.

    闪米特人

  4. 4.

    A descendant of the biblical Patriarch Shem.

  5. 5.

    A Jew.

    贬义

词汇关系

名词

上位词 3

white caucasian white person

下位词 10

arab Phoenician Arabian Aramaean Aramean Assyrian Babylonian Canaanite Chaldaean Chaldean

词源

From Sem, Shem + -ite, from Late Latin Sēm, from Ancient Greek Σήμ (Sḗm), from Biblical Hebrew שם (šēm). Compare German Semit, New Latin Sēmīta, French sémite.

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