| 释义 |
cim·me·ri·an
I. \sə̇ˈmirēən, -mēr-\ adjective
Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: Latin Cimmerii, a mythical people (from Greek Kimmerioi) + English -an
1. : of or suggestive of the Cimmerians
2. : suggestive of the fabled home of the Cimmerians : marked by intensity of darkness or gloom : stygian
< in cimmerian gloom, darker than starless midnight — a darkness that could be felt — Norman Douglas >
II. noun
(-s)
Usage: usually capitalized
1. : one of a mythical people described by Homer as dwelling in a remote realm of mist and gloom
2. : one of a nomadic people of antiquity dwelling about the Crimea who overran Asia Minor about 635 B.C. and were succeeded in southern Russia by the Sarmatians and Scythians |