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reuben

/roo-buhn/US // ˈru bən //UK // (ˈruːbɪn) //

鲁本,卢本,芦笙,芦苇

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the eldest son of Jacob and Leah. Genesis 29, 30.
    • : one of the 12 tribes of Israel, the tribe traditionally descended from him.
    • : Reuben sandwich.
    • : a male given name.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • The man who would come to be known as Roy Masters was born Reuben Obermeister in 1920s London.

  • “She was born into slavery,” Reuben said of her character, Elizabeth Keckley.

  • Seated between two fellow reporters I ordered a Reuben sandwich and sipped from a tall glass of ice water.

  • Reuben the oldest was told that he would not excel, because he had loved his father's concubine and committed a grievous sin.

  • Thus Reuben learned of a peculiar tragedy, in a manner which no reading in itself could so well have taught him.

  • When Reuben spied the house on Mount Holyoke he realized then that he saw his first mountain.

  • It would have been hard for Reuben to say just why he found the Perdu so attractive.

  • But it was the mother's opposition that loomed large in Reuben's eyes.