c. 1400, from Old French bedüin (Modern French bédouin), from colloquial Arabic badawin "desert-dwellers," plural of badawi, from badw "desert, camp." The Arabic plural suffix was mistaken for part of the word. A word from the Crusades, it probably was lost in English and then reborrowed from French c. 1600. As an adjective from 1844.
双语例句
1. Then suddenly the Bedouin flared out for a brief century of splendour.
这时贝都因人突然之间崛起,带来一个世纪的短暂辉煌.
来自英汉非文学 - 历史
2. They are presented as patriarchal Bedouin chiefs.
他们被描写为父权家长制的贝都印式酋长.
来自辞典例句
3. My recon squad had engaged Saddam's army in a small Bedouin encampment.
我的侦察班在贝多因的一个小营地与萨达姆军队交战.
来自电影对白
4. THE khaki Bedouin tent was pitched just across from the Elys é e Palace.
贝都因人的卡其布帐篷在爱丽舍宫的正对面布置好了.
来自互联网
5. A Bedouin tribal elder tends camels at nightfall in Sahamah, Oman.
