| 单词 | whirling dervish |
| 释义 | whirling dervish in British English (ˈwɜːlɪŋ ˈdɜːvɪʃ) noun another name for dervish dervish in British English (ˈdɜːvɪʃ) noun a member of any of various Muslim orders of ascetics, some of which (whirling dervishes) are noted for a frenzied, ecstatic, whirling dance Derived forms dervish-like (ˈdervish-ˌlike) adjective Word origin C16: from Turkish: beggar, from Persian darvīsh mendicant monkwhirling dervish in American Englishnoun Islam a member of a Turkish order of dervishes, or Sufis, whose ritual consists in part of a highly stylized whirling dance Examples of 'whirling dervish' in a sentence |
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