Jew

英 [dʒu:] 美

TEM8中频词常用词汇

复数: Jews;

Jew 犹太人

来自古法语giu,来自拉丁语Iudaeum,来自希伯来语yehudah,即Judah.字面意思为颂扬的，赞美的，为雅各布的第四子，犹太人的祖先。

Jew ’s harp 口弦，口簧

harp,竖琴，Jew,可能是来自jaw拼写讹误，或因犹太商人将这种乐器卖到英国而得名，或因为一种说法认为Jew使这种乐器带有神秘感，让人感觉是一种圣经中的古乐器。

1. a person belonging to the worldwide group claiming descent from Jacob (or converted to it) and connected by cultural or religious ties

Jew (n.): late 12c. (in plural, giwis), from Anglo-French iuw, Old French giu, from Latin Iudaeum (nominative Iudaeus), from Greek Ioudaios, from Aramaic jehudhai (Hebrew y'hudi) "Jew," from Y'hudah "Judah," literally "celebrated," name of Jacob's fourth son and of the tribe descended from him. Replaced Old English Iudeas "the Jews." Originally, "Hebrew of the kingdom of Judah."

Jews' harp "simple mouth harp" is from 1580s, earlier Jews' trump (1540s); the connection with Jewishness is obscure. Jew-baiting first recorded 1853, in reference to German Judenhetze. In uneducated times, inexplicable ancient artifacts were credited to Jews, based on the biblical chronology of history: such as Jews' money (1570s) "Roman coins found in England." In Greece, after Christianity had erased the memory of classical glory, ruins of pagan temples were called "Jews' castles," and in Cornwall, Jews' houses was the name for the remains of ancient tin-smelting works.
jew (v.): "to cheat, to drive a hard bargain," 1824, from Jew (n.) (compare gyp, welsh, etc.). The campaign to eliminate it in early 20c. was so successful that people began to avoid the noun and adjective, too, and started using Hebrew instead.
Now I'll say 'a Jew' and just the word Jew sounds like a dirty word and people don't know whether to laugh or not. [Lenny Bruce (1925-1966)]

If the only Jew you know is Shakespeare's Shylock, it's going to be a very bad impression.

Shylock, the Jew, lived at Venice: he was an usurer.: 犹太人夏洛克住在威尼斯,他是个放印子钱的人.

He was a jounalist, a brilliant intellectual, and a Jew.: 他是记者, 一位有才能的知识分子, 他是个犹太人.

Personally I think a Jew is a Jew because he suffers.: 我个人的意见总觉得犹太人之所以为犹太人,关键就在受罪这一点上.

In short, the wily old Jew had the boy in his toils.: 简而言之, 狡猾的老犹太使那个孩子陷入了他的罗网.

The Jew nodded an expressive approval of this mode of treatment.: 老犹太点点头表示赞成采用这种疗法.

Anthony and the Jew boy shared a very nice , tumble - down house near the bazaars.: 安东尼和那个犹太男孩合住在集市附近一所不坏的但却摇摇欲坠的房子里.

Therefore there was great enmity between this covetous Jew and the generous merchant Antonio.: 因此,这个贪婪的犹太人就跟慷慨的商人安东尼奥结下了很深的仇恨.

If the war goes on two more years, every Jew in Europe will be dead.: 如果这场战争再拖上两年, 欧洲的犹太人都得死光.

The " Wandering Jew " acquires abstract terms with which to describe the various scenes which he visits.: “ 游荡的犹太人 ” 获得了抽象概念,他们用这些抽象概念来表述他们见到的各种各样的景物.

He is a Jew , maybe we have to jew him down this time.: 他总是一毛不拔, 这一回让我们想法敲他竹杠.

Shylock the Jew was a well - known money lender in Venice.: 夏洛克是犹太人,在威尼斯是有名的钱庄老板.

A man once asked, " What is the secret of the indestructible Jew? ": 曾经有位先生问过: “ 犹太人不灭的秘密是什么? ”