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abba

/ab-uh/US // ˈæb ə //UK // (ˈæbə) //

阿巴,艾巴,阿坝,阿巴斯

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a title of reverence for bishops and patriarchs in the Coptic, Ethiopian Christian, and Syriac churches.
    • : New Testament. an Aramaic word for father, used by Jesus and Paul to address God in a relation of personal intimacy.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • Plus, she managed to find raw emotion in an Abba song—no easy feat.

  • Abba Eban famously quipped that the Palestinians never miss a chance to miss a chance.

  • He was in one aisle, the Israeli statesman Abba Eban was in another, and I was moving between the two.

  • And of ABBA's four members, just two showed up to be presented with their awards from Barry and Robin Gibb.

  • The Spirit intercedes for us not in many words or long prayers, but with groanings, with little sounds like "Abba."

  • This one little word "Abba" surpasses the eloquence of a Demosthenes and a Cicero.

  • Its most northern extremity, the summit of Abba Yared, is fifteen thousand feet high.

  • Abba-Areka had been commanded to control the prices of the market, and to prevent the necessaries of life from becoming too dear.

  • Twelve hundred disciples, attracted by Abba-Areka's reputation, flocked together from every district of Babylonia.