| 单词 | 中东地区 |
| 释义 | 〔overtake〕geopolitical strategists who were overtaken by events in the Middle East.在中东地区遭遇到很多意外的地理政治学战略家〔dinar〕Any of several units of gold and silver currency formerly used in the Middle East.第纳尔：一种在中东地区从前使用金银货币单位〔emir〕A prince, chieftain, or governor, especially in the Middle East.酋长：王子、酋长或统治者，特别是在中东地区〔adventurism〕"American strategic interests would . . . be even more jeopardized by Soviet adventurism in the Middle East"(Christopher T. Rand)“美国的战略性利益将…更多地受到苏联在中东地区冒险主义的威胁”(克里斯托夫T.兰德)〔pita〕A round, flat bread of Middle Eastern origin that can be opened into a pocket for filling. Also called pocket bread 比塔饼：一种源自中东地区圆且扁的面包，可打开一个口填充它物 也作 pocket bread〔kohl〕A cosmetic preparation, such as powdered antimony sulfide, used especially in Middle Eastern countries to darken the rims of the eyelids.眼圈粉：一种化妆品，如硫化锑粉，用来涂黑眼睑，在中东地区尤为常见〔lemon〕Although we know neither where the lemon was first grownnor when it first came to Europe,we do know from its name alone that it came to us from the Middle East,because we can trace its etymological path.One of the earliest if not the earliest occurrences of our word is found in a Middle English customs document of 1420-1421.The Middle English word, which was of the formlimon, goes back to Old Frenchlimon, showing that yet another delicacy passed into England through France.The Old French word probably came from Italianlimone, another step on the route that leads back to the Arabic wordlaymūn or līmūn, which comes from the Persian wordlīmūn. 虽然我们既不知道柠檬是在哪儿被最早种植的，也不知道它是什么时候传到欧洲的，但是我们却能单从它的名字确切地判断出它是从中东地区传到我们的，因为我们可以追溯出它的语源的发展道路。如果不是最早出现的话，最早的发现记录于1420年至1421年之间的一份中古英语海关文件中。这个中古英语单词的形式是limon ， 可以追溯到古代法语中的limon 一词， 它表明又一种美味佳肴由法国传入了英国。这个古代法语单词很可能来源于意大利单词limone ， 这就更朝前一步地回到了阿拉伯语中的laymun 或 limun ， 这一单词来源于波斯语limun 〔hollyhock〕A tall plant(Alcea rosea) native to the Middle East and widely cultivated for its showy clusters of very large, variously colored flowers. Also called althea 蜀葵：一种原产于中东地区的（蜀葵 蜀葵属） 高大植物，因长有大而多色的亮丽花束而被广泛培植 也作 althea |
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