dervish
dervish 英 [ˈdɜ:vɪʃ] 美 [ˈdɜrvɪʃ]
n. 托钵僧 phrase. 像托钵僧似的人
名词复数:dervishes
- A dervish is a Muslim monk who is part of an order known for their wild ritualistic movements. A dervish's whirling is part of their religion.
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- n. 托钵僧
- phrase. 像托钵僧似的人
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1. The really diligent student in one of the crowded hives of Cambridge College is as solitary as a dervish in the desert.
在剑桥苦读的学子虽身处蜂巢般拥挤的教室,实际上却和沙漠中的苦行僧一样,是在独处。
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2. We’d be like two whirling dervishes in Ancient India who whirled too close to each other and became one hurricane-sized dervish not to be trifled with.
我们就像两个古印度的不停旋转伊斯兰苦行僧,因为靠的太近结果撞一起变成了一个飓风大小的苦行僧,谁也不敢招惹咱。
- dervish (n.) 1580s, from Turkish dervish, from Persian darvesh, darvish "beggar, poor," hence "religious mendicant;" equivalent of Arabic faqir (see fakir). The "whirling dervishes" are just one order among many. Originally dervis; modern spelling is from mid-19c.
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