millet

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈmɪlɪt/    美 /ˈmɪlət/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Any of a group of various types of grass or its grains used as food, widely cultivated in the developing world. countable,uncountable
    — […] Tobias said, ‘Don't bother. Elena's allergic to all known food groups. The only thing she eats here is seasoned millet and rainwater they bring down from Vermont in a zinc can.’
  2. A semi-autonomous confessional community under the Ottoman Empire, especially a non-Muslim one. historical
    — The special duties of these millet organizations are to care for the educational and other moral wants of the people […]
  3. Common millet, in particular of species Panicum miliaceum. countable,specifically,uncountable

词形变化

millets plural millets plural

词汇关系

衍生词
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词源

词源 1
From late Middle English, borrowed from Middle French millet; from Latin milium, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *melh₂- (“to grind, crush”), see also Ancient Greek μελίνη (melínē, “millet”) and Lithuanian málnos (“millet”). Not related to مِلَّة (milla).
词源 2
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish ملت (millet), from Arabic مِلَّة (milla).
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