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shib·bo·leth AHD[shĭbʹə-lĭth, -lĕth'] D.J.[ˈʃɪbəlɪθ, -ˌleθ]K.K.[ˈʃɪbəlɪθ, -ˌlɛθ]n.(名词)- A word or pronunciation that distinguishes people of one group or class from those of another.特有用语:把一个群体或阶层的人从另一个群体和阶层区分开来的词语或发音
- A word or phrase identified with a particular group or cause; a catchword.口号:与一个特别的群体或事业相关的词或词组;标语
- A commonplace saying or idea.陈腔滥调:一个平庸的说法或思想
- A custom or practice that betrays one as an outsider.门外汉:显示出该人是外来者的风俗或习惯
- Ultimately from Hebrew šibbōlet [torrent of water, from the use of this word to distinguish one tribe from another, who pronounced it] sibbōleth (Judges 12:4-6) 最终源自 希伯来语 šibbōlet [水流,从把一个部落同另一个把这个词发音成] sibboleth 的部落区分开的这个词的用法而来(《士·师记 12:46)》
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