单词 | Bedouin |
释义 | BedouinWord family nounBedouinBedu Nationality & raceBed·ou·in /ˈbeduɪn/ (also Bedu) noun (plural Bedouin or Bedouins) [countableC] 1. SANsomeone who belongs to an Arab tribe that traditionally lives in tents in the desert 贝都因人〔住在沙漠帐篷中的阿拉伯游牧部落成员〕 2. the Bedouin the people who belong to this tribe 贝都因人 —Bedouin adjectiveadj Examples from the Corpus Bedouin• It made me think of a Bedouin taking out his prayer carpet and unrolling it in the vastness of the desert.• Six Arabs - their headdress and robes suggest they are Bedouin - rest beside an ancient well of translucent blue water.• Cecil had imported a tribe of Bedouins to the site to play the spectacular scenes.• Small desert rodents and the Bedouin goat can survive short periods of dehydration which result in a 20-30 percent weight loss. (1400-1500) French bédouin, from Arabic bidwan, plural of badawi “person who lives in the desert” |
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