barbarian
英 [bɑː'beərɪən]
美[bɑr'bɛrɪən]
- adj. 野蛮的；未开化的
- n. 野蛮人
词态变化
复数: barbarians;
助记提示
1. 古希腊人很看不起外地人，说外地人讲话是 *barbar-，这是一个拟声词根，模拟小孩咿呀学语时口齿不清的声音、发音，由此表示“说话像孩子那样口齿不清”，现在演化为 barbarous "未开化的"、barbarian "野蛮人，就像咱们称呼未开化的外族人为：蛮人、夷人、胡人等"。汉语说“巴拉巴拉”时，也是一种拟声、也是一种贬义，这时英语用 blah-blah，这与汉语的拟声完全一样。
2. from PIE root *barbar- echoic of unintelligible speech of foreigners.
3. Originally not entirely pejorative, its sense darkened after the Persian wars. The Romans (technically themselves barbaroi) took up the word and applied it to tribes or nations which had no Greek or Roman accomplishments.
4. barbar- + -ian.
2. from PIE root *barbar- echoic of unintelligible speech of foreigners.
3. Originally not entirely pejorative, its sense darkened after the Persian wars. The Romans (technically themselves barbaroi) took up the word and applied it to tribes or nations which had no Greek or Roman accomplishments.
4. barbar- + -ian.
中文词源
barbarian 野蛮人
barbar, 拟声词，模仿含混不清说话的声音，既指野蛮人，也指外国人。
英英释意
- 1. a member of an uncivilized people
- 2. a crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement
英文词源
- barbarian (adj.)
- mid-14c., from Medieval Latin barbarinus (source of Old French barbarin "Berber, pagan, Saracen, barbarian"), from Latin barbaria "foreign country," from Greek barbaros "foreign, strange, ignorant," from PIE root *barbar- echoic of unintelligible speech of foreigners (compare Sanskrit barbara- "stammering," also "non-Aryan," Latin balbus "stammering," Czech blblati "to stammer").
Greek barbaroi (n.) meant "all that are not Greek," but especially the Medes and Persians. Originally not entirely pejorative, its sense darkened after the Persian wars. The Romans (technically themselves barbaroi) took up the word and applied it to tribes or nations which had no Greek or Roman accomplishments. The noun is from late 14c., "person speaking a language different from one's own," also (c. 1400) "native of the Barbary coast;" meaning "rude, wild person" is from 1610s.
实用场景例句
- barbarian invasions of the fifth century
- 五世纪时野蛮人的入侵
牛津词典
- The Roman Empire was overrun by Nordic barbarians.
- 罗马帝国被日耳曼的野蛮人推翻了。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Our maths teacher was a bully and a complete barbarian...
- 我们的数学老师是个坏蛋，一个彻头彻尾的野蛮人。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- We need to fight this barbarian attitude to science.
- 我们需要与这种对待科学的野蛮态度作斗争。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- The people, he thought, looked upon all Americans as barbarians.
- 在他看来，这些人觉得美国人素质都很低。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Unlike a barbarian , however, a rage drake is not fatigued after raging.
- 和野蛮人不同, 狂暴龙兽在狂暴之后不会力竭.
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- There is barbarian tribe living in this forest.
- 有一个“原始”部落居住在这个林区.
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- The rest of the clan thinks the uniform is only fit for a barbarian or a man of the lowest class.
- 家族里的其他人员认为,这样的制服只适合野蛮人或最低贱的人穿.
《简明英汉词典》
- You lack refined manners and are like a barbarian.
- 你就是缺点雅气,整个一土匪.
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- They are fearless in the midst of barbarian arrogance. They tame the untamable beings.
- 他们在野蛮的骄傲自大中无畏无惧.
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- Barbarian King: The servant of Ares.
- 蛮族首领: 阿瑞斯的奴仆.
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- The Sanctuary of Apollo at Delphi is attacked by the barbarian Romaioi!
- 德尔菲的阿波罗圣所受到了野蛮的罗马人的袭击!
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- Chinese mind since then are stuffed with barbarian spirit of vulgarity and shamelessness.
- 中国人的神志从那时候起就充斥了野蛮,粗俗和无耻.
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- After several months, his horse returned leading some good barbarian horses; everyone congratulated him.
- 过了几个月, 他的马带着胡人的好马回来了, 别人来向他道贺.
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- There is a barbarian tribe living in this forest.
- 有一个原始部落居住在这个林区.
辞典例句
- Consequently, education and religion working side by side can transform a barbarian into a civilized person.
- 因此, 教育和宗教相辅相成,能够将野蛮人蜕变为文明人.
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- Barbarian King: This time, Ghost Sparta, I will have your head!
- 蛮族首领: 这一次, 斯巴达之魂, 我将取下你的首级.
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- Sometimes I wonder what my life would've been like, if I was raised a Barbarian.
- 有时我在想, 如果我被野蛮人抚养长大,我的生活会不会与众不同.
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- The walled city was attacked by barbarian hordes.
- 那座有城墙的城市遭到野蛮部落的袭击.
《简明英汉词典》
- Most prominent is her support of barbarian general An Lushan , who quickly accumulates great power.
- 她还任命安禄山为大将军, 使其迅速积累力量.
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- Rome went down before the barbarian invaders.
- 罗马被野蛮的侵略者所征服.
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- Like a trapped animal, a wounded Barbarian jumps from his hiding place and attacks you.
- 像一个偷袭的动物, 一个受伤的野蛮人从他藏身的地方跳出来攻击你.
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- Other nations existed, but they were barbarian, of no consequence.
- 其他国家虽然存在, 却都是蛮夷之邦, 无足轻重.
辞典例句
- To some extent, a barbarian has also many merits.
- 其实野蛮人没什么不好,反倒是有很多优点.
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- Mr Murdoch is a barbarian at the gates indeed.
- 默多克先生确实是站立门外的野蛮人.
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- For instance, a Barbarian will never see a dagger that only a Witch Doctor can use.
- 比如, 一个野蛮人不会看到只有巫医才能使用的匕首掉落.
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- INZOLIAH , a beautiful Dark Elf mage, climbs down from the tree, helped by the barbarian.
- 一个漂亮的黑暗精灵法师在野蛮人帮助下从树上爬下.
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- Rather as Romans aspired to Greek virtues, the new Barbarian aristocracy aspired to live like Romans.
- 正如罗马人为希腊美德而狂热, 新到的蛮族贵族也迫切地希望能像罗马人一样生活.
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