单词 | Hun |
释义 | Hun (hŭn) n. 1. A member of a group of Central Asian nomadic pastoralist peoples who invaded Europe in the fourth and fifth centuries AD and were defeated in 455. 2. often hun A barbarous or destructive person. 3. Offensive Slang Used as a disparaging term for a German, especially a German soldier in World War I. [From Late Latin Hunnī, the Huns, of Central Asian origin; akin to Sogdian xwn, Sanskrit hūṇaḥ, and Middle Chinese xuawŋ-nɔ (source of Mandarin Xiōngnú), a member of various Central Asian peoples or multiethnic confederations that conquered and raided the Eurasian steppes in late antiquity, probably from their self-designation .] Hun·nic adj. |
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