kismet

英 ['kɪzmet; -mɪt; -s-] 美

释义

n. 天命；命运

中文词源

kismet 命运，天命

来自土耳其语qismet,来自阿拉伯语qismat,分配，命运，来自三字词根q-s-m,分开，分配。

英文词源

kismet (n.): "fate, destiny," 1834, from Turkish qismet, from Arabic qismah, qismat "portion, lot, fate," from root of qasama "he divided."
From a nation of enthusiasts and conquerors, the Osmanlis became a nation of sleepers and smokers. They came into Europe with the sword in one hand and the Koran in the other: were they driven out of their encampment, it would be with the Koran in one hand and the pipe in the other, crying: 'Kismet! Kismet! Allah kehrim!' (God hath willed it! God is great!) [Dr. James O. Noyes, "The Ottoman Empire," "The Knickerbocker," October 1858]
Popularized as the title of a novel in 1877.

双语例句

1. The Kismet wireless sniffer is an 802.11 b network sniffer and network dissector.: Kismet无线嗅探器是一种802.11b网络嗅探器及网络剖析器.

2. That's fate , kismet, and we're back in the world of fantasy.: [这是命运, 我们活在白日梦的世界里.

3. It was kismet _ a combination of several events occurring to perfect karma.: 那就是命运——一连串事件的姻缘巧合.

英英释意

实用场景例句

The Kismet wireless sniffer is an 802.11 b network sniffer and network dissector.: Kismet无线嗅探器是一种802.11b网络嗅探器及网络剖析器.

That's fate , kismet, and we're back in the world of fantasy.: [这是命运, 我们活在白日梦的世界里.

It was kismet _ a combination of several events occurring to perfect karma.: 那就是命运——一连串事件的姻缘巧合.