dervish是什么意思？

dervish

英[ˈdɜ:vɪʃ] 美[ˈdɜrvɪʃ]

• n. （伊斯兰教的）托钵僧，（伊斯兰教的）苦修僧人；

复数：dervishes;

例句

• First of all, you cut costs like a dervish - just to stay solvent. 首先, 你要像个苦行僧一样削减成本 —— 这只是为了保持偿债能力.
• He threw himself around the stage like a whirling dervish. 他在台上转圈，如同跳旋转舞蹈的托钵僧一样。
• Brian was whirling like a dervish, slapping at the mosquitoes and moaning. 布赖恩如同旋转舞蹈的托钵僧一样转来转去，一边拍打着蚊子一边抱怨不停。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-COUNT
  (伊斯兰教中以狂舞为礼拜仪式一部分的)托钵僧，苦行僧
  A dervish is a member of a Muslim religious group which has a very active and lively dance as part of its worship.
  例句
  In the heart of the Anatolian steppe, dervishes still whirl on festive occasions in mystic union with God... 在安纳托利亚大草原的深处，与真主神秘会合的庆祝场合，仍然会有托钵僧旋转起舞的身影。
• PHRASE
  像托钵僧一样旋转舞蹈的;动作敏捷迅速的
  If you say that someone is like a dervish, you mean that they are turning round and round, waving their arms about, or working very quickly.
  例句
  Brian was whirling like a dervish, slapping at the mosquitoes and moaning. 布赖恩如同旋转舞蹈的托钵僧一样转来转去，一边拍打着蚊子一边抱怨不停。

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. an ascetic Muslim monk; a member of an order noted for devotional exercises involving bodily movements