| 释义 |
shibboleth /'fibalee; 'jibalie/ n [C] 1 custom whose use is regarded as a criterion for distinguishing membership of a group. 作为辨别某一团体分子之标准的习惯。 2 old-fashioned and now generally abandoned custom which was at one time considered to be essential: 过去认为必要而现在一般已抛弃的陈旧习俗： the outworn ~s of the past. 不合时宜的旧习俗。 |