shibboleth

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A particular pronunciation or custom that is regarded as distinguishing members of a group from non-members, especially when used as a test.
    — In recent times, the correct treatment of initial h in speech has come to be regarded as a kind of shibboleth of social position.
  2. A common or longstanding belief, custom, or catchphrase associated with a particular group, especially one with little current meaning or truth.
    — It's about time we abandoned the bourgeois shibboleth that earning money makes you a better person.

词形变化

shibboleths plural schiboleth alternative,Early,Modern,obsolete schibboleth alternative,Early,Modern,obsolete shiboleth alternative,Late,Modern,obsolete

词汇关系

衍生词
shibbolethic
相关词
dog whistle

词源

Learned borrowing from Biblical Hebrew שִׁבֹּלֶת /שיבולת (šibbṓleṯ, “ear [of wheat] or stream, torrent”). Doublet of sebboleth and Middle English sebolech, both from Late Latin sebboleth in the Vulgate.
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