Philistine
['fɪlɪstin]
解釋/意思:
(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 .
卡尔文校對--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(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
解釋/意思:
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.
英格拉姆編輯
娱乐性解釋/意思：
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
娱乐性解釋/意思：
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.
校對:奥斯瓦德
例句/造句/用法:
- 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. 神奇的知識之書.
- His army was overwhelmed by the Philistine archers. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- From this time onward it is to be noted that the Philistines fade in importance. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- 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·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- 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·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- 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·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- 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. 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
- As to the little minstrel, he probably prefers encountering the Philistines with no other weapon than his flute. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- In succession they are conquered by the Moabites, the Canaanites, the Midianites, and the Philistines. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- And the Philistines were afraid, for they said, 'God is come into the camp,' And they said, 'Woe unto us! 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
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