Greek
noun /ɡriːk/
/ɡriːk/
Idioms - [countable] a person from modern or ancient Greece
希腊人;古希腊人 - [uncountable] the language of modern or ancient Greece
Topics Languagea2希腊语 Collocations Dictionaryadjective- ancient
- classical
- New Testament
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- alphabet
- [countable] (North American English) a member of a fraternity or a sorority at a college or university
(大学的)学生联谊会会员,女生联谊会会员
词源Old English Grēcas ‘the Greeks’, from Latin Graeci (the name given by the Romans to the people who called themselves the Hellenes), from Greek Graikoi, which according to Aristotle was the prehistoric name of the Hellenes.
Idioms
it’s all Greek to me
- (informal, saying) I cannot understand it
我全然不懂;我一窍不通 - She tried to explain how the system works, but it's all Greek to me.
她竭力想解释系统如何运作,可我怎么也弄不明白。
- She tried to explain how the system works, but it's all Greek to me.