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单词 Visigoth
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Definition of Visigoth in English:

Visigoth

noun ˈvɪzɪɡɒθˈvɪzəˌɡɑθ
  • A member of the branch of the Goths who invaded the Roman Empire between the 3rd and 5th centuries AD and ruled much of Spain until overthrown by the Moors in 711.

    西哥特人(哥特人的一个分支,公元3至5世纪入侵罗马帝国并统治了西班牙的大部,直至711年被摩尔人推翻)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • These mud flats provided a haven for the people who fled here, such as Huns, Visigoths and other marauders in the fifth century.
    • In short, in the course of one evening, Busbecq was able to learn enough about Crimean Gothic to convince future linguists that its speakers were not Germans but a distinct group of Goths related to the Visigoths.
    • The Vandals and Visigoths were allowed to live in the Roman Empire as long as they gave a promise to protect the empire from the Huns.
    • The overthrow of the Visigoths by the Moors in 711 did not mean the end of viticulture, for the Islamic conquerors were enlightened rulers, who did not impose their own way of life on their subjects.
    • After invasion and settlement by Goths, Visigoths, Turkmen, Arabs and others, it is almost impossible to see the Europeans and North Africans today as the direct heirs of those earlier people.

Derivatives

  • Visigothic

  • adjective ˌvɪzɪˈɡɒθɪkˌvɪziˈɡɑθɪk
    • But all of those Gothic kingdoms eventually succumbed in battle to assorted other peoples, the last to fall being Spain's Visigothic kingdom, conquered by Arabs in A.D.711.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • But the Crimean Goths were not speaking Visigothic, or even a dialect derived from Visigothic.
      • Aetius drew up with his Visigothic allies on his right flank, who, despite the loss of their king, overran the Ostrogoths opposing them and gained control of a strategically placed hill.
      • The hoard contains Visigothic copies of imperial coins as well as regular issues, the latest dated item is a coin of the Emperor Majorian.
      • Although the Visigothic transmission of Roman media and vocabulary was important, only scattered architectural fragments survive to record the characteristic preference for flat patterns.

Origin

From late Latin Visigothus, the first element possibly meaning 'west' (compare with Ostrogoth).

Definition of Visigoth in US English:

Visigoth

nounˈvɪzəˌɡɑθˈvizəˌɡäTH
  • A member of the branch of the Goths who invaded the Roman Empire between the 3rd and 5th centuries AD and ruled much of Spain until overthrown by the Moors in 711.

    西哥特人(哥特人的一个分支,公元3至5世纪入侵罗马帝国并统治了西班牙的大部,直至711年被摩尔人推翻)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • After invasion and settlement by Goths, Visigoths, Turkmen, Arabs and others, it is almost impossible to see the Europeans and North Africans today as the direct heirs of those earlier people.
    • The Vandals and Visigoths were allowed to live in the Roman Empire as long as they gave a promise to protect the empire from the Huns.
    • In short, in the course of one evening, Busbecq was able to learn enough about Crimean Gothic to convince future linguists that its speakers were not Germans but a distinct group of Goths related to the Visigoths.
    • The overthrow of the Visigoths by the Moors in 711 did not mean the end of viticulture, for the Islamic conquerors were enlightened rulers, who did not impose their own way of life on their subjects.
    • These mud flats provided a haven for the people who fled here, such as Huns, Visigoths and other marauders in the fifth century.

Origin

From late Latin Visigothus, the first element possibly meaning ‘west’ (compare with Ostrogoth).

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