| 单词 | Arab |
| 释义 | Arab (once / 140 pages) 1n 2n An Arab is a member of a group that lives mostly in Western Asia and North Africa and speaks Arabic. You might describe your Egyptian pen pal as an Arab. Whether someone describes himself as an Arab — rather than a Persian or Kurd, for example — has to do with his language, culture, where he lives, and his ancestors. Someone who lives in Yemen is likely to call herself an Arab, while a Moroccan might consider herself to be a Berber. It is much safer, and less likely to cause offense, to describe people by the countries they're from. In Arabic, 'arab means "inhabitant of the desert." WORD FAMILYArab: Arabic, Arabist, Arabs+/Arabic: Arabically/Arabist: Arabists USAGE EXAMPLESFayrouz Saad, an Arab American and a Muslim woman, sees “a void” in Congress and state legislatures of young, minority faces. The Guardian(Jan 02, 2017) Ms. Nasser, the young Israeli who died in the attack, was from Tira, an Arab Israeli town. New York Times(Jan 01, 2017) A timely novel about the conflict in Syria, told from the perspective of an Arab American interpreter trapped in Turkey. Washington Post(Dec 27, 2016) 1 n a member of a Semitic people originally from the Arabian peninsula and surrounding territories who speaks Arabic and who inhabits much of the Middle East and northern Africa 2Syn|Hypo|Hyper Arabian Bahraini, Bahreini a native or inhabitant of Bahrain Palestinian, Palestinian Araba descendant of the Arabs who inhabited Palestine Omania native or inhabitant of Oman Katari, Qataria native or inhabitant of Qatar Saudi, Saudi Arabiana native or inhabitant of Saudi Arabia Yemenia native or inhabitant of Yemen Bedouin, Beduina member of a nomadic tribe of Arabs Saracen(when used broadly) any Arab Semite a member of a group of Semitic-speaking peoples of the Middle East and northern Africa n a spirited graceful and intelligent riding horse native to Arabia Syn|Hyper Arabian mount, riding horse, saddle horse a lightweight horse kept for riding only |
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