shibboleth
noun /ˈʃɪbəleθ/
/ˈʃɪbəleθ/
(formal)- an old idea, principle or phrase that is no longer accepted by many people as important or appropriate to modern life
过时的观点；陈旧的原则；陈词滥调 - the crumbling of old political shibboleths
旧政治陈词滥调的瓦解
- the crumbling of old political shibboleths
- a custom, word, etc. that distinguishes one group of people from another
某群体特有的习惯（或用语等）
词源From a Hebrew word meaning ‘ear of corn’. In the Bible story, Jephthah, the leader of the Gileadites, was able to use it as a test to tell which were his own men, because others found the ‘sh’ sound difficult to pronounce.