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Semitic

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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Se·mit·ic /səˈmɪtɪk/ adjective  1 a) SAbelonging to the race of people that includes Jews, Arabs, and, in ancient times, Babylonians and Assyrians 闪米特人〔包括犹太人、阿拉伯人、古巴比伦人和古亚述人等〕的 b) SLLrelating to any of the languages of these people 闪米特语族的2. SAanother word for Jewish Jewish 的另一种说法 anti-Semitic at anti-Semite
Examples from the Corpus
SemiticIn he north they had merged with the Semitic colonists from Arabia to produce the civilization of Aksum.This is because Western religion has come from a Semitic origin where life was serious as befits a desert people.Meleager was very conscious of his Semitic origins.He was also gaunt and cadaverous, and as dark as the Semitic people of the Holy Land.Anti-semitism was not ended, but was transferred to other Semitic peoples, the Arabs.I tan easily, being of Semitic stock.
Se·mit·ic adjectiveChineseSyllable
the belonging includes Jews, race people to that Corpus Arabs, of


Semitic
Semitic /səˈmɪtɪk, sɪˈmɪtɪk/ adjective
1.
  a. belonging to the race of people that includes Jews, Arabs, and, in ancient times, Babylonians and Assyrians
  b. relating to any of the languages of these people
2. another word for Jewish
anti-Semitic at anti-Semite


Sem·it·icBrE /səˈmɪtɪk/ 🔊NAmE /səˈmɪtɪk/ 🔊 adjectiveof or connected with the language group that includes Hebrew and Arabic 闪米特语族的,闪语的(包括希伯来语和阿拉伯语)of or connected with the people who speak Semitic languages, especially Hebrew and Arabic 闪米特人(尤指操希伯来语和阿拉伯语的人)的;闪族的