Serica

塞里斯

发音

UK /ˈsɛrɪkə/

释义与例句

name
  1. 1.

    An ancient empire in East Asia, North China reached overland as opposed to the Sinae, the South Chinese reached by sea.

    塞里斯

    赛里斯

    历史

词源

Learned borrowing from Latin Serica, from Ancient Greek Σηρικά (Sēriká), from Σῆρες (Sêres, “Seres”) + -ική (-ikḗ), from σήρ (sḗr, “silkworm”), likely ultimately from Old Chinese 絲 (*sə, “silk”).

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