Semite
名词 n.
英 /ˈsiː.maɪt/|/ˈsɛm.aɪt/
美 /ˈsɛm.aɪt/
英文释义
名词 n.
- A member of a modern people that speak a Semitic language.
- 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.
- A descendant of any of these peoples.
- A descendant of the biblical Patriarch Shem.
- A Jew.
词汇关系
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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