dervish

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der·vish /ˈdɜːvɪʃ $ ˈdɜːr-/ noun [countable]  RRIRRIa member of a Muslim religious group, some of whom dance fast and spin around as part of a religious ceremony 〔伊斯兰教的〕托钵僧，苦行僧〔有些在宗教仪式上跳快速旋转舞〕

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dervish• I have told you I am half a dervish.• Auguste was a dervish in the centre of a whirlpool.• We Israelites, the wandering heirs Of a bewildered dervish, are taught distrust in prayer.• Trepolov had some sense of decency and didn't go attacking the ball like some damned dervish.• Some of them were whirling round like dervishes.• The dervish gyrating on his axis echoes the rotation of the earth and taps the sources of creative vibration.• The whirling dervishes, though often the face of Sufism in the West, represent only one school.Origin dervish (1500-1600) Turkish dervis “poor person, beggar”

der·vish nounChineseSyllable  

group, a Corpus religious a of Muslim member

dervish
der‧vish /ˈdɜːvɪʃ $ ˈdɜːr-/ noun [countable]a member of a Muslim religious group, some of whom dance fast and spin around as part of a religious ceremony

der·vishBrE /ˈdɜːvɪʃ/ 🔊NAmE /ˈdɜːrvɪʃ/ 🔊 nouna member of a Muslim religious group whose members make a promise to stay poor and live without comforts or pleasures. They perform a fast lively dance as part of their worship. 德尔维希教团成员（属伊斯兰教，尚苦行，狂舞为其崇拜仪式的一部分）◆He threw himself around the stage like a whirling dervish. 他在台上转圈，如同跳旋转舞蹈的苦行僧一样。🔊🔊