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ottoman

/ot-uh-muhn/US // ˈɒt ə mən //UK // (ˈɒtəmən) //

长椅,奥特曼,奥特曼椅,沙发椅

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : of or relating to the Ottoman Empire.
    • : of or relating to the lands, peoples, and possessions of the Ottoman Empire.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural Ot·to·mans.Also Othman .

    • : a Turk.
    • : a Turk of the family or tribe of Osman.
    • : a cushioned footstool.
    • : a low cushioned seat without back or arms.
    • : a kind of divan or sofa, with or without a back.
    • : a corded silk or rayon fabric with large cotton cord for filling.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • Kidnapped from the Kingdom of Poland as a teen, Roxelana used the power of words and charm to become the favorite concubine and trusted adviser of the 16th-century Ottoman Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent.

  • Kosmas, an award-winning pastry chef who’s still living with his mother at 41, tries to track down a lost Ottoman recipe to win Daphne’s heart.

  • That so-called war to end wars decimated an entire generation in Britain, as it did from France to the Ottoman Empire.

  • Yalta was great for strolls along the sea during the Byzantine, Ottoman and Russian empires.

  • The political structures established by the Ottoman Turks in the 1500s, especially in Iraq and Syria, have crumbled.

  • Until 1924, the Caliphate was the preserve of the Ottoman Empire, which was succeeded by a secular Turkish state.

  • Tribal, sectarian and territorial conflicts made it a constantly turbulent place, despite the hammer of Ottoman rule.

  • Now put this ottoman under your feet, and take this cushion to lean against.

  • In honest, gambler's language, we have won a good stake but we have not broke the Ottoman Bank.

  • The Ottoman Government is only now extending its power, as a practical thing, into Kurdistan at all.

  • For some time after their conquest the Armenians had nothing particular to complain of in their lot as Ottoman subjects.

  • The Ottoman Government grew worse itself absolutely; and much worse relatively to the progress made by other nations in Europe.