单词 | Assyrian |
释义 | Assyrian/əˈsɪrɪən /noun 1An inhabitant of ancient Assyria.Some of the most sophisticated ancient civilisations once thrived in Iraq, but the cities of the Babylonians, Assyrians and Sumerians have become fragile ruins, in a nation recovering from war....
2 [mass noun] The language of ancient Assyria, a dialect of Akkadian.He more or less gave up photography and devoted himself to the study of Assyrian, a dead language, but he had imbued photography with the living language of art....
3 [mass noun] A dialect of Aramaic still spoken by a group of people of mainly Christian faith living in the mountains of Syria, northern Iraq, and surrounding regions.School children speak some 110 languages, and one can find bilingual education teachers in 20 different languages including Assyrian, German, Polish, Russian and Tagalog....
adjective 1Relating to ancient Assyria or its language.In 1843 he was appointed British consul in Baghdad and this allowed extra time for his studies, especially work on cuneiform tablets found at Assyrian cities such as Nimrud and Nineveh....
2Relating to or denoting modern Assyrian or its speakers.We have people who feel strongly that they are Assyrian, but the basis for their being Assyrian has diminished considerably because of the loss of language....
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