shibboleth 音标拼音: [ʃ'ɪbəl
, ɛθ]
n . 独特的习惯;口语或标语
独特的习惯;口语或标语
shibboleth n 1 :
a favorite saying of a sect or political group [
synonym :
{
motto }, {
slogan }, {
catchword }, {
shibboleth }]
2 :
a manner of speaking that is distinctive of a particular group of people Shibboleth \
Shib "
bo *
leth \,
n . [
Heb .
shibb [=
o ]
leth an ear of corn ,
or a stream ,
a flood .]
1 .
A word which was made the criterion by which to distinguish the Ephraimites from the Gileadites .
The Ephraimites ,
not being able to pronounce sh ,
called the word sibboleth .
See --
Judges xii .
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Without reprieve ,
adjudged to death ,
For want of well pronouncing shibboleth . --
Milton .
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Also used in an extended sense .
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The th ,
with its twofold value ,
is . . .
the shibboleth of foreigners . --
Earle .
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2 .
Hence ,
the criterion ,
test ,
or watchword of a party ;
a party cry or pet phrase .
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26 Moby Thesaurus words for "
shibboleth ":
banality ,
bromide ,
byword ,
catch phrase ,
catchword ,
cliche ,
countersign ,
cry ,
fad word ,
jargon ,
open sesame ,
password ,
pet expression ,
phrase ,
platitude ,
prosaicism ,
prosaism ,
rubber stamp ,
secret grip ,
slogan ,
tag ,
tessera ,
token ,
truism ,
vogue word ,
watchword Shibboleth river ,
or an ear of corn .
The tribes living on the east of Jordan ,
separated from their brethren on the west by the deep ravines and the rapid river ,
gradually came to adopt peculiar customs ,
and from mixing largely with the Moabites ,
Ishmaelites ,
and Ammonites to pronounce certain letters in such a manner as to distinguish them from the other tribes .
Thus when the Ephraimites from the west invaded Gilead ,
and were defeated by the Gileadites under the leadership of Jephthah ,
and tried to escape by the "
passages of the Jordan ,"
the Gileadites seized the fords and would allow none to pass who could not pronounce "
shibboleth "
with a strong aspirate .
This the fugitives were unable to do .
They said "
sibboleth ,"
as the word was pronounced by the tribes on the west ,
and thus they were detected (
Judg .
12 :
1 -
6 ).
Forty -
two thousand were thus detected ,
and "
Without reprieve ,
adjudged to death ,
For want of well -
pronouncing shibboleth ."
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