Semite

名词 n.
/ˈsiː.maɪt/|/ˈsɛm.aɪt/    /ˈsɛm.aɪt/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A member of a modern people that speak a Semitic language.
  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. A descendant of any of these peoples.
  4. A descendant of the biblical Patriarch Shem.
  5. A Jew. derogatory,sometimes

词形变化

Semites plural Shemite alternative

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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