c. 1400, from Old French bedüin (Modern French bédouin), from colloquial Arabic badawin "desert-dwellers," plural of badawi, from badw "desert, camp." The Arabic plural suffix was mistaken for part of the word. A word from the Crusades, it probably was lost in English and then reborrowed from French c. 1600. As an adjective from 1844.
雙語(yǔ)例句
1. Then suddenly the Bedouin flared out for a brief century of splendour.
這時(shí)貝都因人突然之間崛起,帶來一個(gè)世紀(jì)的短暫輝煌.
來自英漢非文學(xué) - 歷史
2. They are presented as patriarchal Bedouin chiefs.
他們被描寫為父權(quán)家長(zhǎng)制的貝都印式酋長(zhǎng).
來自辭典例句
3. My recon squad had engaged Saddam's army in a small Bedouin encampment.
我的偵察班在貝多因的一個(gè)小營(yíng)地與薩達(dá)姆軍隊(duì)交戰(zhàn).
來自電影對(duì)白
4. THE khaki Bedouin tent was pitched just across from the Elys é e Palace.
貝都因人的卡其布帳篷在愛麗舍宮的正對(duì)面布置好了.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
5. A Bedouin tribal elder tends camels at nightfall in Sahamah, Oman.