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单词 Hebridean
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Definition of Hebridean in English:

Hebridean

adjective ˌhɛbrɪˈdiːənˌhɛbrəˈdiən
  • Relating to or characteristic of the Hebrides, a group of islands off the NW coast of Scotland.

    Hebridean folklore
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The upper and western flanks play host to windswept heath, now being grazed by 20 very black, very agile, Hebridean sheep.
    • It is Scotland's remotest tennis court, carved out of the Hebridean landscape with a beautiful setting and views out over the Atlantic Ocean.
    • And was there not something Hebridean about his air of self-awareness and calm?
    • There is a magic that draws some people - us included, as often as possible - back to our Hebridean haunts.
    • She's a young Scottish singer-songwriter living on the Isle of Lewis, one of the Hebridean Islands.
noun ˌhɛbrɪˈdiːənˌhɛbrəˈdiən
  • A native or inhabitant of the Hebrides, a group of islands off the NW coast of Scotland.

    the ship left its precious cargo to be salvaged by enterprising Hebrideans
    Example sentencesExamples
    • It is a Hebridean who can take much of the credit for starting the extraordinary change now facing Scotland's biggest city.
    • Orcadians and Shetlanders tend to visit Aberdeen for hospital, social, family and entertainment needs, unlike Hebrideans, who head to Glasgow.
    • He was one of that generation of Hebrideans who left school at the age of 14 or 15 with no prospect of any form of further education after that.
    • Inside, we find an authentic realisation of the type of dwelling in which, for generations, Hebrideans passed their lives.
    • Hebrideans have always prized the gannet, both as a dish and for lamp fuel.

Rhymes

Actaeon, Aegean, aeon (US eon), Augean, Behan, Cadmean, Caribbean, Carolean, Chaldean, Cyclopean, empyrean, epicurean, European, Fijian, Galilean, Hasmonean, Herculean, Ian, Jacobean, Kampuchean, Laodicean, lien, Linnaean (US Linnean), Maccabean, Mandaean (US Mandean), Medicean, monogenean, Nabataean (US Nabatean), Orphean, paean, paeon, pean, peon, Periclean, piscean, plebeian, Pyrenean, Pythagorean, Sabaean, Sadducean, Sisyphean, skean, Tanzanian, Tennesseean, Terpsichorean, theodicean, Tyrolean

Definition of Hebridean in US English:

Hebridean

adjectiveˌhebrəˈdēənˌhɛbrəˈdiən
  • Relating to or characteristic of the Hebrides, a group of islands off the northwestern coast of Scotland.

    Hebridean folklore
    Example sentencesExamples
    • It is Scotland's remotest tennis court, carved out of the Hebridean landscape with a beautiful setting and views out over the Atlantic Ocean.
    • The upper and western flanks play host to windswept heath, now being grazed by 20 very black, very agile, Hebridean sheep.
    • And was there not something Hebridean about his air of self-awareness and calm?
    • She's a young Scottish singer-songwriter living on the Isle of Lewis, one of the Hebridean Islands.
    • There is a magic that draws some people - us included, as often as possible - back to our Hebridean haunts.
nounˌhebrəˈdēənˌhɛbrəˈdiən
  • A native or inhabitant of the Hebrides, a group of islands off the northwestern coast of Scotland.

    the ship left its precious cargo to be salvaged by enterprising Hebrideans
    Example sentencesExamples
    • He was one of that generation of Hebrideans who left school at the age of 14 or 15 with no prospect of any form of further education after that.
    • It is a Hebridean who can take much of the credit for starting the extraordinary change now facing Scotland's biggest city.
    • Orcadians and Shetlanders tend to visit Aberdeen for hospital, social, family and entertainment needs, unlike Hebrideans, who head to Glasgow.
    • Hebrideans have always prized the gannet, both as a dish and for lamp fuel.
    • Inside, we find an authentic realisation of the type of dwelling in which, for generations, Hebrideans passed their lives.
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