Moor
/mʊə(r)/noun
- a member of a NW African Muslim people of mixed Berber and Arab descent. In the 8th century they conquered the Iberian peninsula, but were finally driven out of their last stronghold in Granada at the end of the 15th century.摩尔人(非洲西北部穆斯林, 为柏柏尔人与阿拉伯人混血后代; 8世纪时曾征服伊比利亚半岛, 但在15世纪末被逐出在格拉纳达的最后据点)。
派生词
Moorish
adjective词源
from Old French More, via Latin from Greek Mauros 'inhabitant of Mauretania'.