| 单词 | punic |
| 释义 | punic (once / 695254 pages) adj Someone who's punic is likely to betray you. You could describe your brother as punic if he promises to keep a secret and then immediately tells it to all of his friends at school. A punic person is treacherous or two-faced, unlikely to be loyal. You risk being called punic if you're nice to your friend but gossip about her behind her back. The adjective punic is sometimes capitalized, and in that case it means "of or relating to Carthage," which was a famous ancient empire and is still a city in Tunisia today. Because the ancient Romans thought the Carthaginians were traitorous and unreliable, punic came to also have this meaning. WORD FAMILYpunic USAGE EXAMPLESThis was a punic peace, the same sort of peace as the victor had dictated to the vanquished for thousands of years. Lord, Frank B., Woodrow Wilson's Administration and...(2010) His was the only case of repudiation ever perpetrated by Ohio and he may well charge the State with punic faith toward him. Joblin, Maurice, Cleveland Past and Present—Its Rep...(2010) adj tending to betray; especially having a treacherous character as attributed to the Carthaginians by the Romans Syn perfidious, treacherous unfaithful not true to duty or obligation or promises Punic (once / 7510 pages) adjn WORD FAMILY Punic: Punics USAGE EXAMPLESThe significant battle during the Second Punic War was fought near the ancient village of Cannae, which was about 300 miles south of Rome. Time(Jun 20, 2016) "We found scientifically significant evidence of these same bugs in a genetic microbial signature precisely dating to the time of the Punic invasion." BBC(Apr 05, 2016) Along the way, an unnamed lover, a novelist who lectures her on Hannibal and the Punic Wars, hovers at the edges. Los Angeles Times(Oct 15, 2015) 1adj of or relating to or characteristic of ancient Carthage or its people or their language the Punic Wars Syn Carthaginian 2n the Phoenician dialect of ancient Carthage Hyper Phoenician the extinct language of an ancient Semitic people who dominated trade in the ancient world |
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