| 释义 |
Singh|sɪŋ|
Also † Sing(e.
[a. Hind. siṅgh lion, f. Skr. siṁha lion, ‘the powerful one’.]
1. A great warrior: a cognomen or title of respect borne by several of the warrior castes of northern India, or a surname adopted by male Sikhs.
1623N. Bangham et al. Let. 5 Apr. in W. Foster Eng. Factories in India (1908) 218 Beinge soe hotly persued by Abdala Chan and Rajae Sursinge. 1797Encycl. Brit. IX. 213/2 In 1770 the rajah died, and was succeeded by his son Cheit Sing. 1841Penny Cycl. XIX. 276/2 The bravery and talents of the regent Zalim Singh. 1888Kipling Departm. Ditties (1890) 18 Chimbu Singh from Bikaneer..Jowar Singh the Sikh. 1955Times 5 July 13/3 Maharana Sir Fateh Singh Bahadur, the head of the Sessodia Rajputs..had personal as well as dynastic claims to veneration.
2. As a simple noun.
1851J. Thackwell Narr. Second Sikh War 227 The British guns were so overwhelming..and their fire so rapid and precise, that the enemy declared there was a ball for every Sing. 1914J. J. H. Gordon Sikhs iv. 39 They were then hailed as ‘Singhs’ or lions of their race, and declared to be the Khalsa—the select... All the rest of the disciples present were similarly baptised and declared Singhs. 1930G. B. Scott Relig. & Short Hist. Sikhs iii. 30 After receiving the Pahal, the novice is no longer a Sikh or scholar only, he is Singh, a lion, and is entitled to affix that word to his name. 1973‘S. Harvester’ Corner of Playground ii. viii. 150 He thought about his grand⁓father Swaran,..first Singh of the family in Africa, a coolie who came..to build the railway from Mombasa to Victoria Nyanza. |