| 释义 |
celt
I. \ˈselt, ˈke-\ noun
also kelt \ˈke-\
(-s)
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: French Celte, singular of Celtes, from Latin Celtae
1.
a. : a member of a division of the early Indo-European peoples in Iron-Age and pre-Roman Europe distributed from the British Isles and Spain to Asia Minor and in part absorbed into the Roman Empire as Britons, Gauls, Boii, Galatians, or Celtiberians
b. : a descendant of these people who has somewhere in his background a native knowledge of a Celtic language
2. : a modern Gael, Highland Scot, Irishman, Welshman, Cornishman, or Breton
II. \ˈselt\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Late Latin celtis chisel
: a prehistoric implement shaped like a chisel or ax head made of polished stone in neolithic times and later of metal |