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- a member of an ancient people who established an empire in Asia Minor and Syria that flourished from c.1700 to c.1200 BC赫梯人(在小亚细亚和叙利亚建立过帝国, 约公元前1700-约前1200年处于繁荣时期)。
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- a subject of this empire or one of their descendants, including a Canaanite or Syrian people mentioned in the Bible (11th to 8th century BC)赫梯臣服者(或后人)(包括在《圣经》中提到的公元前11-前8世纪的迦南人或叙利亚人)。
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- mass noun the language of the Hittites, the oldest attested Indo-European language. Written in both hieroglyphic and cuneiform scripts, it was deciphered in the early 20th century.赫梯语(经证明是最古老的印欧语系语言, 用象形文字和楔形文字书写, 在20世纪初获解密)。
- of or relating to the Hittites, their empire, or their language(与)赫梯人(或帝国、语言)(有关)的。
词源
from HebrewHittīm, ultimately from Hittite Hatti.