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swami

/swah-mee/US // ˈswɑ mi //UK // (ˈswɑːmɪ) //

萨米,萨姆

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural swa·mies.

    • : an honorific title given to a Hindu religious teacher.
    • : a person resembling a swami, especially in authority, critical judgment, etc.; pundit: The swamis are saying the stock market is due for a drop.

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Examples

  • While for some devotees there was no matter too trivial on which to consult him—“Swami Ji, should I cut my hair?”

  • She just yelled at me and told me I had to go work things out with Swami Ji.

  • In April, I met in Manhattan with Swami Nikhilanand Ji, a JKP preacher who studied at Barsana Dham.

  • And you knew, right away, that Swami was a phony from Flatbush.

  • The Swami seemed to sense the impatience, or it might have been coincidence.

  • This was probably not typical of the Swami's usual audience composition.

  • The Swami was an obvious phony of the baldest fakery, yet he had something.

  • "Float me over that ash tray there on the desk," I said casually to the Swami.