| 词汇 | samurai |
| 释义 | samuraiMilitary sam·u·rai /ˈsæmʊraɪ/ noun (plural samurai) [countableC] PMa member of a powerful military class in Japan in the past 〔日本旧时的〕武士 —samurai adjectiveadj a samurai sword 武士刀 Examples from the Corpus samurai• He guards both wife and daughter like a samurai.• A samurai was publicly marked out from the rest of society by his appearance and his bearing of two swords.• Nobles, like samurai, were forbidden to trade: they therefore employed nominees.• The workpeople were their serfs, and the foremen, managers and engineers were the modern samurai.• The disproportionate population of samurai attracted vast numbers of retailers, craftsmen and servants to service the large and wealthy consumer market.• In the end there were not many things worth wanting for the serious man, the samurai.• There were few outward signs, however, that the samurai was ready to sheath his sword.• This short, steel, truncheon-like weapon was capable of meeting a full-blown attack from a sword-wielding samurai. (1700-1800) Japanese |
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