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单词 not know someone from Adam
释义

Adam /adˈəm/

noun
  1. The first man, according to the Book of Genesis
  2. Unregenerate human nature
  3. A gaoler (perh as wearing buff) (Shakespeare)
adjective

Applied to an 18c style of architecture, interior decoration and furniture designed by Robert and James Adam

ORIGIN: Heb Adām

Adamic or Adamical /ə-damˈik, -əl/ adjective

  1. Of or like Adam
  2. Naked

Adˈamite noun

  1. A descendant of Adam
  2. A person who goes about naked, esp a member of a 2c sect in N Africa

Adamitˈic or Adamitˈical adjective

Adˈamitism noun

Adam's ale or Adam's wine noun

Water

Adam's apple noun

  1. The projection of the thyroid cartilage in front of the throat, traditionally supposed to be part of the forbidden fruit stuck in Adam's throat
  2. Forbidden fruit (see forbid)

Adam's flannel noun

Mullein

Adam's needle noun

A species of Yucca

Adam and Eve (Cockney rhyming sl)

To believe

not know someone from Adam (informal)

Not to know someone, or who someone is

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