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单词 sabra
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Definition of sabra in English:

sabra

nounˈsabrəˈsɑbrə
  • A Jew born in Israel (or before 1948 in Palestine).

    出生在以色列(或1948年前出生在巴勒斯坦)的犹太人

    Example sentencesExamples
    • My former student Ori, the groom, is a sabra whose family emigrated to America, and this created the unforgettable experience of a highly traditional Jewish wedding under the redwoods of the Sonoma Coast.
    • Native born of German ancestry, his character is drawn to evoke a sense of home: sabra, Jew, son of a Mossad operative, raised on a kibbutz, he is thrice child of Israel.
    • She couldn't be more of a sabra, growing up working in the kibbutz cowshed on Mount Gilboa.
    • Any sabra age five and up, in my experience, can differentiate instantaneously between Arab and Jew - when in doubt I've always been able to ask my children - but I'm not in possession of that elusive sixth sense.
    • ‘Am I mistaken,’ I asked a friend, a 50-something sabra whose son is an Israeli air force pilot, ‘or is the excitement that usually leads up to the holiday muted this year, if not entirely absent?’
    • Another case, seen as a natural experiment, involved the marital choices of Israeli sabra, co-reared kibbutz children.
    • My neighbor, Orly, who is a sabra, a native Israeli, comes over and calls Koby's teacher and is told: he hasn't been in school.
    • The ensemble thus evoked a triple nostalgia: for childhood, for European lives and languages, and for the rich, melancholy Jewishness repressed by sabra swagger.
    • There were Ashkenazim and Sephardim, Ethiopians and Russians, American students and fourth-generation sabras.

Origin

From modern Hebrew ṣabbār 'opuntia fruit' (opuntias being common in coastal regions of Israel).

Rhymes

candelabra, macabre

Definition of sabra in US English:

sabra

nounˈsɑbrəˈsäbrə
  • A Jew born in Israel (or before 1948 in Palestine).

    出生在以色列(或1948年前出生在巴勒斯坦)的犹太人

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Native born of German ancestry, his character is drawn to evoke a sense of home: sabra, Jew, son of a Mossad operative, raised on a kibbutz, he is thrice child of Israel.
    • She couldn't be more of a sabra, growing up working in the kibbutz cowshed on Mount Gilboa.
    • My former student Ori, the groom, is a sabra whose family emigrated to America, and this created the unforgettable experience of a highly traditional Jewish wedding under the redwoods of the Sonoma Coast.
    • There were Ashkenazim and Sephardim, Ethiopians and Russians, American students and fourth-generation sabras.
    • Any sabra age five and up, in my experience, can differentiate instantaneously between Arab and Jew - when in doubt I've always been able to ask my children - but I'm not in possession of that elusive sixth sense.
    • ‘Am I mistaken,’ I asked a friend, a 50-something sabra whose son is an Israeli air force pilot, ‘or is the excitement that usually leads up to the holiday muted this year, if not entirely absent?’
    • Another case, seen as a natural experiment, involved the marital choices of Israeli sabra, co-reared kibbutz children.
    • The ensemble thus evoked a triple nostalgia: for childhood, for European lives and languages, and for the rich, melancholy Jewishness repressed by sabra swagger.
    • My neighbor, Orly, who is a sabra, a native Israeli, comes over and calls Koby's teacher and is told: he hasn't been in school.

Origin

From modern Hebrew ṣabbār ‘opuntia fruit’ (opuntias being common in coastal regions of Israel).

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