英语词汇“scimitar”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Okra is sliced laterally into curving scimitar-like pieces, their open sides seared on a grill to add even more depth and crunch to the stew.

Soleil Ho, San Francisco Chronicle, 21 June 2022 Designed to look like the scimitar swords of Qatar’s national seal, this waterfront landmark will include Fairmont and Raffles luxury hotels taking up either side of the sphere.

Ramsey Qubein, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2022 Paleontologists don’t just define sabertooths by their flat scimitar fangs, but by other adaptations like the ability to shear meat with their cheek teeth, a groove in the lower jaw for their canine teeth to fit, and other feeding adaptations.

Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Mar. 2022 Checking for antibodies can be like checking whether your friend is carrying a scimitar.

Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 5 Sep. 2021 The ancient scimitar cats might have brought mammoth take-out back to their secluded underground den to dine in peace.

Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 June 2021 Homotherium was a lankier cat than Smilodon, with shorter scimitar teeth.

Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 June 2021 In the sculpture, he is shown holding the scimitar that killed him in one hand and a palm frond, symbolic of martyrdom, in the other.

NOLA.com, 20 Oct. 2020 The gathering was presided over by promoter Carlton Haney, a native Tar Heel with bushy, scimitar sideburns.

Washington Post, 24 Aug. 2020 See More

Word History

Etymology

borrowed from Italian scimitarra (earlier also samitara, semitara, simitara), probably borrowed, by uncertain mediation, from Persian šamšer "sword, scimitar," going back to Middle Persian (Pahlavi) šamšēr (written šmšyl), šafšēr (written špšyl), Middle Persian (Manichaean) šafšēr, šefšēr (written šfšyr, š(y)pšyr), of obscure origin

Note: Many other variants exist in early Modern English, some, such as cimiter, reflecting Middle French cimiterre. The popular derivation as a compound of modern Persian šam "tail" or "claw" and šer "lion" has no etymological value, given the Middle Persian forms. Greek sampsḗra "a kind of sword of state," presumably borrowed from Persian, occurs in the Antiquitates Judaicae (ca. 94 A.D.) of Flavius Josephus. The Middle Persian word may be a borrowing, but a source is unknown. Old Iranian apparently lacks a word for "sword" (see W.W. Malandra, "A glossary of terms for weapons and armor in Old Iranian," Indo-Iranian Journal, vol. 15, no. 4 [1973], pp. 264-89).

First Known Use

1562, in the meaning defined above

单词	scimitar
释义	scimitar noun scim·i·tar ˈsi-mə-tər -ˌtär : a saber having a curved blade with the edge on the convex side and used chiefly by Arabs and Turks Example Sentences Recent Examples on the Web Okra is sliced laterally into curving scimitar-like pieces, their open sides seared on a grill to add even more depth and crunch to the stew. Soleil Ho, San Francisco Chronicle, 21 June 2022 Designed to look like the scimitar swords of Qatar’s national seal, this waterfront landmark will include Fairmont and Raffles luxury hotels taking up either side of the sphere. Ramsey Qubein, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2022 Paleontologists don’t just define sabertooths by their flat scimitar fangs, but by other adaptations like the ability to shear meat with their cheek teeth, a groove in the lower jaw for their canine teeth to fit, and other feeding adaptations. Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Mar. 2022 Checking for antibodies can be like checking whether your friend is carrying a scimitar. Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 5 Sep. 2021 The ancient scimitar cats might have brought mammoth take-out back to their secluded underground den to dine in peace. Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 June 2021 Homotherium was a lankier cat than Smilodon, with shorter scimitar teeth. Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 June 2021 In the sculpture, he is shown holding the scimitar that killed him in one hand and a palm frond, symbolic of martyrdom, in the other. NOLA.com, 20 Oct. 2020 The gathering was presided over by promoter Carlton Haney, a native Tar Heel with bushy, scimitar sideburns. Washington Post, 24 Aug. 2020 See More Word History Etymology borrowed from Italian scimitarra (earlier also samitara, semitara, simitara), probably borrowed, by uncertain mediation, from Persian šamšer "sword, scimitar," going back to Middle Persian (Pahlavi) šamšēr (written šmšyl), šafšēr (written špšyl), Middle Persian (Manichaean) šafšēr, šefšēr (written šfšyr, š(y)pšyr), of obscure origin Note: Many other variants exist in early Modern English, some, such as cimiter, reflecting Middle French cimiterre. The popular derivation as a compound of modern Persian šam "tail" or "claw" and šer "lion" has no etymological value, given the Middle Persian forms. Greek sampsḗra "a kind of sword of state," presumably borrowed from Persian, occurs in the Antiquitates Judaicae (ca. 94 A.D.) of Flavius Josephus. The Middle Persian word may be a borrowing, but a source is unknown. Old Iranian apparently lacks a word for "sword" (see W.W. Malandra, "A glossary of terms for weapons and armor in Old Iranian," Indo-Iranian Journal, vol. 15, no. 4 [1973], pp. 264-89). First Known Use 1562, in the meaning defined above scimitar noun as in broadsword Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance broadsword rapier cutlass saber sabre sword smallsword blade steel brand
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scimitar

noun

Example Sentences

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