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Tyrian是什么意思

Tyrian

英 ['tiriən] 美 ['tiriən]
  • adj. 提尔的;提尔人的;提尔文化的;古提尔紫的
  • n. 提尔人;提尔紫

Tyrian 英文词源


Tyrian (adj.)
1510s, from Latin Tyrius "of Tyre," (Latin Tyrus), island-city in the Levant, from Greek Tyros, from Hebrew/Phoenician tzor, literally "rock, rocky place." Especially in reference to Tyrian purple, a dye chemically similar to indigo, made there in ancient times from certain mollusks (Murex brandaris).

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