1797, denoting the language group that includes Hebrew, Arabic, Aramaic, Assyrian, etc.; 1826 as "of or pertaining to Semites," from Medieval Latin Semiticus (source of Spanish semitico, French semitique, German semitisch), from Semita (see Semite). As a noun, as the name of a linguistic family, from 1813. In non-linguistic use, perhaps directly from German semitisch. In recent use often with the specific sense "Jewish," but not historically so limited.
双语例句
1. His anti-Semitic beliefs were well-known in America.
他的反犹信仰在美国很出名。
来自柯林斯例句
2. He was a patriarchal Semitic nomad.
他是族长制闪米特游牧部落的一员.
来自英汉非文学 - 历史
3. The Semitic peoples followed close upon these pioneers.
紧跟在这些先行者之后的是闪米特人.
来自辞典例句
4. No Semitic people had founded an empire now for more than a thousand years.
至今一千多年来,闪米特民族从来没有创立过一个帝国.
来自英汉非文学 - 历史
5. The people were probably governed by the customary Semitic law of the desert.
