| 单词 | katabasis |
| 释义 | katabasis[ kuh-tab-uh-sis ] / kəˈtæb ə sɪs / noun, plural ka·tab·a·ses [kuh-tab-uh-seez]. /kəˈtæb əˌsiz/.a march from the interior of a country to the coast, as that of the 10,000 Greeks after their defeat and the death of Cyrus the Younger at Cunaxa. a retreat, especially a military retreat. Compare anabasis. Origin of katabasis1830–40; <Greek katábasis a going down, descent, equivalent to kataba- (stem of katabaínein to go down) + -sis-sis. See kata-, basis Words nearby katabasisKastrop-Rauxel, Kasugai, Kasyapa, kat, kata, katabasis, katabatic, katabolism, Katahdin, katakana, katal Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for katabasiskatabasis / (kəˈtæbəsɪs) / noun plural -ses (-ˌsiːz)the retreat of the Greek mercenaries of Cyrus the Younger, after his death at Cunaxa, from the Euphrates to the Black Sea in 401–400 bc under the leadership of Xenophon: recounted in his AnabasisCompare anabasis literary a retreat Word Origin for katabasisC19: from Greek: a going down, from katabainein to go down Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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