kismet

• n. 天命；命运

来自土耳其语qismet,来自阿拉伯语qismat,分配，命运，来自三字词根q-s-m,分开，分配。

1. (Islam) the will of Allah

kismet (n.)

"fate, destiny," 1834, from Turkish qismet, from Arabic qismah, qismat "portion, lot, fate," from root of qasama "he divided."

From a nation of enthusiasts and conquerors, the Osmanlis became a nation of sleepers and smokers. They came into Europe with the sword in one hand and the Koran in the other: were they driven out of their encampment, it would be with the Koran in one hand and the pipe in the other, crying: 'Kismet! Kismet! Allah kehrim!' (God hath willed it! God is great!) [Dr. James O. Noyes, "The Ottoman Empire," "The Knickerbocker," October 1858]

Popularized as the title of a novel in 1877.

The Kismet wireless sniffer is an 802.11 b network sniffer and network dissector.

Kismet无线嗅探器是一种802.11b网络嗅探器及网络剖析器.

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That's fate , kismet, and we're back in the world of fantasy.

[这是命运, 我们活在白日梦的世界里.

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It was kismet _ a combination of several events occurring to perfect karma.

那就是命运——一连串事件的姻缘巧合.

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