释义 |
SikhSikh /siːk/ noun [countable] SikhOrigin: 1700-1800 Hindi ‘disciple, follower’ - I think the executioner was a Sikh.
- In the distance smoke rose over the old city, where Hindu mobs were massacring Sikhs in reprisal for Indira's assassination.
- It showed an old Sikh warrior on a pony, glaring at the camera fiercely, a huge spear in his hand.
- Mr Mann insists that Punjab must be a homeland for the Sikhs, brought into being by a UN-supervised plebiscite.
- Nationalistic unrest is not limited to the Sikhs or Kashmirs.
- On Jan. 31, the government promised safe passage to Sikh militants taking up the Prime Minister's offer of peace talks.
- The survivors scrambled back to the sepoy lines pursued by a vengeful squadron of Sikh cavalry.
NOUN► militant· On Jan. 31, the government promised safe passage to Sikh militants taking up the Prime Minister's offer of peace talks.· This reflected the boycotting of elections by all but one faction of the Akali Dal and the threat of violence by Sikh militants. a member of an Indian religious group that developed from Hinduism in the 16th century—Sikh adjective |