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sheik

/sheek, sheyk/US // ʃik, ʃeɪk //

酋长,谢克,酋長,谢赫

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : Also shaikh, sheikh. the patriarch of a tribe or family; chief: a term of polite address.
    • : Slang. a man held to be masterful and irresistibly charming to women.

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Examples

  • One of the most important rooms in the temple is the shrine of Sheik Adi ibn Musafir.

  • Yezidis believe Sheik Adi was the possible reincarnation of Tawuse Melek.

  • “They are army, not militia,” the sheik repeated throughout our conversation.

  • The sheik seemed to keep his young fighter on hand for meetings with journalists.

  • Sheik Rogo used to say my mother was fair: she gave one son to Obama and the other to Osama.

  • The sheik halted before her, spinning upon one foot, yet keeping his place.

  • The sheik, panic-struck, came in and made submission, revealing the treachery of the ranee's paramour and adviser.

  • Coming still nearer the sheik whispered: ‘He has stolen my best mare and ten oxen.’

  • Gérard declining both suggestions, the sheik was obliged to leave, as night was at hand, and the lions might appear at any moment.

  • The sheik immediately asked what it was, and desired a dose for himself and the other men present.