1797, denoting the language group that includes Hebrew, Arabic, Aramaic, Assyrian, etc.; 1826 as "of or pertaining to Semites," from Medieval Latin Semiticus (source of Spanish semitico, French semitique, German semitisch), from Semita (see Semite). As a noun, as the name of a linguistic family, from 1813. In non-linguistic use, perhaps directly from German semitisch. In recent use often with the specific sense "Jewish," but not historically so limited.
雙語例句
1. His anti-Semitic beliefs were well-known in America.
他的反猶信仰在美國很出名。
來自柯林斯例句
2. He was a patriarchal Semitic nomad.
他是族長制閃米特游牧部落的一員.
來自英漢非文學(xué) - 歷史
3. The Semitic peoples followed close upon these pioneers.
緊跟在這些先行者之后的是閃米特人.
來自辭典例句
4. No Semitic people had founded an empire now for more than a thousand years.
至今一千多年來,閃米特民族從來沒有創(chuàng)立過一個帝國.
來自英漢非文學(xué) - 歷史
5. The people were probably governed by the customary Semitic law of the desert.