| 正面 | 12745.appalachian [,æpə'leitʃjən]     |
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| 背面 |      释义： 1、pag- + -an.2、该词的宗教含义的来源有两种说法；其一是：在罗马的城镇和城市普遍基督教化、改信基督教后，那些保守的乡下人、农村人依然信奉、忠诚于以前的神、古老的神，这些人相对而言自然就成了异教徒；其二是：该词在经典拉丁语中表示“村民，非战斗人员”之意（来源：from Late Latin paganus "pagan," in classical Latin "villager, rustic; civilian, non-combatant" noun use of adjective meaning "of the country, of a village," from pagus "country people; province, rural district," originally "district limited by markers," thus related to pangere "fix, fasten"），后来被基督教徒引申为“非基督教的守护者”，自然也就成了异教徒，指称异教徒了。3. 谐音“培根”---- 培根是异教徒。n. 阿巴拉契亚山脉adj. 阿帕拉契山脉的 例句： 1. A cabal of Appalachian district directors will undertake a palace revolution.阿巴拉契山脉地区的一小撮头面人物正企图谋反. Appalachianin reference to the North American mountain range, c. 1600, Mountaynes Apalatsi; written apalachen by Spanish explorers and originally in reference only to the southern end of the range. Originally the name of the Apalachee, a Muskogean people of northwestern Florida, perhaps from Apalachee abalahci "other side of the river" or Hitchiti (Muskogean) apalwahči "dwelling on one side." Spelling shifted under influence of adjectives in -ian." |