Semitic
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++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
Semitic• In 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
Se‧mit‧ic /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
Se‧mit‧ic /səˈmɪtɪk, sɪˈmɪtɪk/
adjective1.
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