Cimmerian

英式音标：Cimmerian怎么读

美式音标：Cimmerian怎么读

Cimmerian词义

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adj. 西米里族人的；极阴惨的；幽暗的n. 西米里族人


Cimmerian英文词源

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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.