Cimmerian
发音
How to pronounce Cimmerian in British English:
英 [siˈmiəriən]
How to pronounce Cimmerian in American English:
美 [sɪˈmɪriən]
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- Adjective:
- intensely dark and gloomy as with perpetual darkness
单词词源
- Cimmerian (adj.)
- late 16c., "pertaining to the Cimmerii," an ancient nomadic people who, according to Herodotus, inhabited the region around the Crimea, and who, according to Assyrian sources, overran Asia Minor 7c. B.C.E.; from Latin Cimmerius, from Greek Kimmerios. Homer described their land as a place of perpetual mist and darkness beyond the ocean, but whether he had in mind the same people Herodotus did, or any real place, is unclear.
双语例句
- 1. A segment of cimmerian old cruel history image - - xizang serfdom .
- 2. Person is person , whom to is , disregarding what object to be disregarding he , before that cimmerian age .
- 3. The cimmerian gloom ...... a darkness that could be felt-norman douglas .
- 4. A quest that begins as a personal vendetta for the fierce cimmerian warrior soon turns into an epic battle against hulking rivals , horrific monsters , and impossible odds , as conan realizes he is the only hope of saving the great nations of hyboria from an encroaching reign of supernatural evil .