Philistine
['fɪlɪstin]
解释:
(noun.) a member of an Aegean people who settled ancient Philistia around the 12th century BC.
(noun.) a person who is uninterested in intellectual pursuits.
(adj.) of or relating to ancient Philistia or its culture or its people .
卡尔文校对--From WordNet
解释:
(n.) A native or an inhabitant of ancient Philistia, a coast region of southern Palestine.
(n.) A bailiff.
(n.) A person deficient in liberal culture and refinement; one without appreciation of the nobler aspirations and sentiments of humanity; one whose scope is limited to selfish and material interests.
(a.) Of or pertaining to the Philistines.
(a.) Uncultured; commonplace.
手打:雷克斯
解释:
n. one of the ancient inhabitants of south-western Palestine enemies of the Israelites—also Philis′tian and Philis′tim (Milt.): a name applied by German students to shopkeepers and others not connected with the university: an uncultured person.—n. Phil′istinism.
英格拉姆编辑
娱乐性解释：
n. One whose mind is the creature of its environment following the fashion in thought feeling and sentiment. He is sometimes learned frequently prosperous commonly clean and always solemn.
手打:尤赖亚
娱乐性解释：
In Bible times, one who worried the children of Israel; today, one who worries only himself. From Grk. phloios, bark, and tino, to punish. One who barks to punish.
校对:奥斯瓦德
例句:
- Surely, too, you remember the story of David and Goliath when the young shepherd prevailed over the Philistine _with a sling and with a stone_. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
- His army was overwhelmed by the Philistine archers. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- From this time onward it is to be noted that the Philistines fade in importance. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- And it came to pass on the morrow, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his three sons fallen in Mount Gilboa. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- We have already told the tale of Cnossos (Chapter XVII) and of the settlement of the kindred Philistines in Palestine (Chapter XXI, § 1). 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- And when the Philistines heard the noise of the shout, they said, 'What meaneth the noise of this great shout in the camp of the Hebrews? 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- At school she had used to side with the Philistines in several battles, and had wondered if Pontius Pilate were as handsome as he was frank and fair. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
- As to the little minstrel, he probably prefers encountering the Philistines with no other weapon than his flute. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
- In succession they are conquered by the Moabites, the Canaanites, the Midianites, and the Philistines. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- And the Philistines were afraid, for they said, 'God is come into the camp,' And they said, 'Woe unto us! 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
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