| 释义 |
sevener|ˈsɛv(ə)nə(r)|
[-er1.]
a. A criminal who is sentenced to seven years' imprisonment.
b. A hit for seven runs.
1897P. Waring Old Regime 219 Pedder was a ‘sevener’, Blake was a ‘niner’. 1898in Bettesworth Chats Cricket Field (1910) 417 Stephens again hit me to leg, but this time he only made a sevener!
Senses in Dict. become 2 a, b. Add: 1. Islam. With capital initial. A member of the smaller of the two Shiah sects (the ‘Seveners’ and the ‘Twelvers’), acknowledging only seven Imams; = Ismaelian n. Usu. in pl. Cf. twelver n.2
1845Encycl. Metrop. XXIV. 441/2 The Imámís appear to have derived from the Ghulát the doctrine of a present but invisible Imám, the successor of the seventh or the twelfth of the visible Imáms. From these numbers their two principal branches are denominated Seb'ís (Seveners) or Ithná'asharís (Twelvers). 1957Encycl. Brit. XII. 710/2 The Ismaꜥilis or Seveners are the followers of Ismaꜥil, whom they regard as the 7th imam, rather than his younger brother, Musa (797), who is accepted by the Twelvers. 1979Sunday Tel. (Colour Suppl.) 27 May 25/3 ‘Khomeini is an Ayatullah,’ said the Aga Khan. ‘He is not Imam of the Twelver Shias, whereas I am Imam of the Ismaili Seveners.’ |