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Arab

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++Ar·ab /ˈærəb/ noun [countable]  SARsomeone whose language is Arabic and whose family comes from, or originally came from, the Middle East or North Africa 阿拉伯人
Examples from the Corpus
ArabHe could tell by the way other Arabs glanced when they met up with his Arabs.Other Arabs told us we were surrounded and should move to another village.I have nothing against the Arabs.It is true that the confusion is at its greatest now, even amongst the Arabs themselves.But who knows better than the Arabs the haunting power of that which is veiled, of that which the hijab hides?The Arabs did not just excel at managing debt.Republican voters were not anti-foreigner because their neighbours were Arabs.
Origin Arab (1300-1400) Latin Arabus, from Greek Araps, from Arabic 'Arab
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Arab
Arab /ˈærəb/ noun [countable]
 Date: 1300-1400
 Language: Latin
 Origin: Arabus, from Greek Araps, from Arabic 'Arab
someone whose language is Arabic and whose family comes from, or originally came from, the Middle East or North Africa


ArabBrE /ˈærəb/ 🔊NAmE /ˈærəb/ 🔊 nouna person from the Middle East or N Africa, whose ancestors lived in the Arabian Peninsula 阿拉伯人a type of horse originally from Arabia 阿拉伯马
ArabBrE /ˈærəb/ 🔊NAmE /ˈærəb/ 🔊 adjectiveof or connected with Arabia or Arabs 阿拉伯的;阿拉伯人的Arab countries阿拉伯诸国