单词	nomad
释义	nomadno‧mad /ˈnəʊmæd $ ˈnoʊ-/ noun [countable] Word Origin WORD ORIGINnomad Origin: 1500-1600 Latin nomas, from Greek, from nemein ‘to put animals in the fields to feed’ Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES A restless corporate nomad, Bollenbach has held jobs with five separate companies during the 1990s. The film follows the nomads as they cross the desert with their camels. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS First of all it is difficult for nomads to gather at one place so important events are made to coincide. For now the nomads are surviving, but time most be short for them. Here the nomads water their flocks and the horses drink their fill when the tourists have dismounted. I would take it from any nomads. Like the Rhine it also marked a boundary for the Romans; beyond it - unknowable nomads! My first task was trying to acquire some reliable information about the nomads. The nomads were called Raika or Rabari and they herded camels and sometimes sheep. The nomads were not converted overnight: they remained combative and unpredictable. Thesaurus Longman Language Activatorsomeone does not live in one particular place► migrant someone who has travelled from one place or country to another in order to find work: · Many of the city's poorest residents are migrants from rural areas.· 400 migrants won the right to stay in the country yesterday, after a ten-year battle. ► drifter someone who continually travels from one place to another without ever planning where to go next and without ever having a fixed job: · His grandfather was a drifter from New Mexico, who spent half his life brawling and drinking. ► nomad a member of a tribe of people who do not live permanently in one place, but travel around looking for food for their animals, warmer weather etc: · The film follows the nomads as they cross the desert with their camels. ► vagrant also transient American someone who has no job, no home etc and who travels around and sleeps outdoors: · City authorities are planning a campaign to get an estimated 300,000 vagrants off the streets.· The town has never been particularly welcoming to transients. WORD SETS► Anthropology clansman, nounclanswoman, nounculturally, adverbculture, noundemography, noun-ese, suffixethnic, adjectiveethnography, nounethnology, nounfirst generation, nounintermarry, verbinterracial, adjectivekinship, nounmegalith, nounnative, adjectiveneanderthal, nounNeanderthal man, nounNeolithic, adjectivenomad, nounorientalist, nounpeace pipe, nounprimitive, adjectiveprimordial, adjectivepygmy, nounracial, adjectivesavage, adjectivesavage, nounsettlement, nounsettler, nountaboo, adjectivetotem, nountotem pole, nountribal, adjectivetribalism, nountribe, nountribesman, nountribeswoman, nountroglodyte, nounwampum, nounwar dance, nounwar paint, nounwhite, adjective a member of a tribe that travels from place to place instead of living in one place all the time, usually in order to find grass for their animals
随便看	hefty Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich hegemony Hegira Hegira calendar Heidelberg Heidi heifer height heighten Heine, Heinrich heinous heinousness Heinz heir heir apparent heiress heirloom Heisenberg, Werner Heisman Trophy heist Hejira held Helena Helen of Troy

英语词典包含52748条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。