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单词 swastika
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Definition of swastika in English:

swastika

noun ˈswɒstɪkəˈswɑstəkə
  • An ancient symbol in the form of an equal-armed cross with each arm continued at a right angle, used (in clockwise form) as the emblem of the German Nazi party.

    卐字饰,万字饰;德国纳粹党的卐字党徽。注:佛教标志为"卍"、纳粹标志"卐"。两者之间没有任何关系。纳粹标志为希特勒自造

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Together with election placards bearing his picture, many Fortuyn supporters wore swastikas and other Nazi symbols.
    • The principal image in the newspaper ads provided by the studio was one of arms with stars-and-stripes cuffs grabbing hold of the wrists of a Nazi with swastikas on his sleeves.
    • In fact, the Nazi party appropriated the swastika as part of its drive to construct a political identity around a mythical German race.
    • Hitler turned the swastika into a striking political symbol and wreaked devastation beneath it.
    • The child, who must be clean and well dressed, sits on a cushion under which has been drawn a swastika, symbol of stability.
    • The last swastika on a German public building has been stolen just before officials were going to remove it.
    • The rubble was cleared, historic buildings were restored and, their swastikas removed, Nazi buildings were ‘normalized.’
    • Some wore T-shirts with the Star of David twisted into Nazi swastikas.
    • The flat where they worked themselves up with ‘White Power’ music before the attack was adorned with swastikas and other Nazi symbols.
    • German law bars any trade using Hitler portraits, swastikas or National Socialist symbols.
    • The attackers spraypainted a swastika and other Nazi graffiti on the walls.
    • Nazi symbols including the swastika are already banned in Germany.
    • The religious factor, with all the cross symbols, the Star of David, the Nazi swastika and all.
    • Last September, white students at Elsinore High School in Riverside County confronted Latino students with racial insults and flags bearing iron crosses and swastikas.
    • And incidentally, it's in India where the ancient symbol of the swastika originated.
    • This did not have the Christian cross as its symbol but the swastika.
    • The swastika is a popular emblem of good luck in Hindu and Buddhist culture.
    • One person in attendance was seen wearing a KKK pin and another wore an arm band with a Nazi swastika.
    • But such groups are forbidden to deny that the Holocaust occurred and to display Nazi symbols such as the swastika.
    • Israeli and German diplomats have lashed out at a Hong Kong fashion company for using swastikas and other Nazi party symbols.

Origin

Late 19th century: from Sanskrit svastika, from svasti 'well-being', from su 'good' + asti 'being'.

Definition of swastika in US English:

swastika

nounˈswɑstəkəˈswästəkə
  • An ancient symbol in the form of an equal-armed cross with each arm continued at a right angle, used (in clockwise form) as the emblem of the German Nazi party.

    卐字饰,万字饰;德国纳粹党的卐字党徽。注:佛教标志为"卍"、纳粹标志"卐"。两者之间没有任何关系。纳粹标志为希特勒自造

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The attackers spraypainted a swastika and other Nazi graffiti on the walls.
    • Israeli and German diplomats have lashed out at a Hong Kong fashion company for using swastikas and other Nazi party symbols.
    • Last September, white students at Elsinore High School in Riverside County confronted Latino students with racial insults and flags bearing iron crosses and swastikas.
    • German law bars any trade using Hitler portraits, swastikas or National Socialist symbols.
    • The religious factor, with all the cross symbols, the Star of David, the Nazi swastika and all.
    • The rubble was cleared, historic buildings were restored and, their swastikas removed, Nazi buildings were ‘normalized.’
    • In fact, the Nazi party appropriated the swastika as part of its drive to construct a political identity around a mythical German race.
    • Together with election placards bearing his picture, many Fortuyn supporters wore swastikas and other Nazi symbols.
    • And incidentally, it's in India where the ancient symbol of the swastika originated.
    • The principal image in the newspaper ads provided by the studio was one of arms with stars-and-stripes cuffs grabbing hold of the wrists of a Nazi with swastikas on his sleeves.
    • Nazi symbols including the swastika are already banned in Germany.
    • This did not have the Christian cross as its symbol but the swastika.
    • The last swastika on a German public building has been stolen just before officials were going to remove it.
    • But such groups are forbidden to deny that the Holocaust occurred and to display Nazi symbols such as the swastika.
    • The flat where they worked themselves up with ‘White Power’ music before the attack was adorned with swastikas and other Nazi symbols.
    • Some wore T-shirts with the Star of David twisted into Nazi swastikas.
    • Hitler turned the swastika into a striking political symbol and wreaked devastation beneath it.
    • The swastika is a popular emblem of good luck in Hindu and Buddhist culture.
    • The child, who must be clean and well dressed, sits on a cushion under which has been drawn a swastika, symbol of stability.
    • One person in attendance was seen wearing a KKK pin and another wore an arm band with a Nazi swastika.

Origin

Late 19th century: from Sanskrit svastika, from svasti ‘well-being’, from su ‘good’ + asti ‘being’.

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