- (in the biblical and Koranic traditions) the name of the first man. According to the Book of Genesis, Adam was created by God as the progenitor of the human race and lived with Eve in the garden of Eden.（《圣经》和《古兰经》传统中）亚当（人类第一人的名字, 据《创世纪》亚当是上帝创造的人类的始祖, 与夏娃住在伊甸园里）。
短语
not know someone from Adam
- not know or be completely unable to recognize the person in question不认识某人, 根本认不出某人。
词源
from Hebrew 'āḏām 'man'， later taken to be a name.
- Adam2, Robert (1728-92), Scottish architect. He was influenced by neoclassical theory and, assisted by his brother James (1730-94), he initiated a lighter, more decorative style than the Palladianism favoured by the British architecture of the previous half-century.亚当, 罗伯特（1728-1792, 苏格兰建筑师; 他受新古典主义理论影响, 并在其弟詹姆斯[1730-1794]的协助下, 创出了一种比前半世纪英国建筑所推崇的帕拉第奥建筑主义更轻巧、更具有装饰性的风格）。