单词 | shibboleth |
释义 | shibboleth (ʃɪbəleθ ) Word forms: shibboleths countable noun If you describe an idea or belief as a shibboleth, you mean that it is thought important by a group of people but may be old-fashioned or wrong. [formal] It is time to go beyond the shibboleth that conventional forces cannot deter. |
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