Bedouin

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Nationality & raceBedouinBed‧ou‧in /ˈbeduɪn/ (also Bedu) noun (plural Bedouin or Bedouins) [countable] 1 SANsomeone who belongs to an Arab tribe that traditionally lives in tents in the desert2 → the Bedouin —Bedouin adjectiveExamples from the CorpusBedouin• It made me think of a Bedouin taking out his prayer carpet and unrolling it in the vastness of the desert.• Six Arabs - their headdress and robes suggest they are Bedouin - rest beside an ancient well of translucent blue water.• Cecil had imported a tribe of Bedouins to the site to play the spectacular scenes.• Small desert rodents and the Bedouin goat can survive short periods of dehydration which result in a 20-30 percent weight loss.Origin Bedouin (1400-1500) French bédouin, from Arabic bidwan, plural of badawi “person who lives in the desert”

单词	Bedouin
释义	Bedouin From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Nationality & raceBedouinBed‧ou‧in /ˈbeduɪn/ (also Bedu) noun (plural Bedouin or Bedouins) [countable] 1 SANsomeone who belongs to an Arab tribe that traditionally lives in tents in the desert2 → the Bedouin —Bedouin adjectiveExamples from the CorpusBedouin• It made me think of a Bedouin taking out his prayer carpet and unrolling it in the vastness of the desert.• Six Arabs - their headdress and robes suggest they are Bedouin - rest beside an ancient well of translucent blue water.• Cecil had imported a tribe of Bedouins to the site to play the spectacular scenes.• Small desert rodents and the Bedouin goat can survive short periods of dehydration which result in a 20-30 percent weight loss.Origin Bedouin (1400-1500) French bédouin, from Arabic bidwan, plural of badawi “person who lives in the desert”
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