shibboleth

noun

/ˈʃɪbəleθ/

(formal)

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an old idea, principle or phrase that is no longer accepted by many people as important or appropriate to modern life
- the crumbling of old political shibboleths
a custom, word, etc. that distinguishes one group of people from another

Word OriginFrom a Hebrew word meaning ‘ear of corn’. In the Bible story, Jephthah, the leader of the Gileadites, was able to use it as a test to tell which were his own men, because others found the ‘sh’ sound difficult to pronounce.

单词	shibboleth
释义	shibboleth noun /ˈʃɪbəleθ/ /ˈʃɪbəleθ/ (formal) jump to other results an old idea, principle or phrase that is no longer accepted by many people as important or appropriate to modern life the crumbling of old political shibboleths a custom, word, etc. that distinguishes one group of people from another Word OriginFrom a Hebrew word meaning ‘ear of corn’. In the Bible story, Jephthah, the leader of the Gileadites, was able to use it as a test to tell which were his own men, because others found the ‘sh’ sound difficult to pronounce.
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