"sepulchral chest or chamber," 1804, in some cases from Latin cista "wickerwork basket, box," from Greek kiste "box, chest" (see chest); according to OED, in some cases from Welsh cist in cist faen "stone coffin," the first element of which is from the Latin word.
雙語(yǔ)例句
1. He was an unswerving empiri-cist with little time for theory.
他是個(gè)堅(jiān)定不移的經(jīng)驗(yàn)論者，不屑研究理論。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
2. The company have decide to review freelance In the light of the rising cist of living.