请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 sahib
释义

Definition of sahib in English:

sahib

(also sahab)
noun sɑːbˈsɑː(h)ɪbˈsɑ(h)ɪb
Indian
  • A polite title or form of address for a man.

    〈印度〉先生;老爷;绅士

    the Doctor Sahib

    医生大人。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • ‘You're the only one, sahib,’ he called out as I headed in.
    • We come to know how the white sahibs started the earlier plantations.
    • Vests under the dinner jackets must have been uncomfortable to wear in the Indian heat, so the sahibs tied a bandana around their waists (kamar in Urdu) and began calling it a cummerbund.
    • Also, we're one of the few stand alone eateries in India to offer lobsters and crabs which was important because the burra sahibs were partial to them!
    • In their race to realise the more-or-less elusive American dream, the characters come across as study cases or automatons, caught in the fast-forward gear to become suburban sahibs.

Origin

Urdu, via Persian from Arabic ṣāḥib 'friend, lord'.

Rhymes

barb, carb, garb, hijab, nawab, Punjab

Definition of sahib in US English:

sahib

nounˈsɑ(h)ɪbˈsä(h)ib
Indian
  • A polite title or form of address for a man.

    〈印度〉先生;老爷;绅士

    the Doctor Sahib

    医生大人。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • In their race to realise the more-or-less elusive American dream, the characters come across as study cases or automatons, caught in the fast-forward gear to become suburban sahibs.
    • Vests under the dinner jackets must have been uncomfortable to wear in the Indian heat, so the sahibs tied a bandana around their waists (kamar in Urdu) and began calling it a cummerbund.
    • ‘You're the only one, sahib,’ he called out as I headed in.
    • We come to know how the white sahibs started the earlier plantations.
    • Also, we're one of the few stand alone eateries in India to offer lobsters and crabs which was important because the burra sahibs were partial to them!

Origin

Urdu, via Persian from Arabic ṣāḥib ‘friend, lord’.

随便看

 

英汉双解词典包含464360条英汉词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2024/12/27 17:24:08