Levant

名词 n. 专有名词
中文释义
美 /ləˈvɑnt/|/lɪˈvɑnt/|/ləˈvænt/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An easterly wind, generally in the western Mediterranean Sea.
  2. A type of leather.
    — [I]t was bound by G. Levitsky […] in turquoise Levant, stamped back and front with the Crosby crest in gold.
专有名词
  1. A cultural region of West Asia, consisting of the countries bordering the eastern Mediterranean Sea, namely Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Palestine, Jordan and Cyprus (and sometimes, especially in a historical context, also including Turkey and Egypt, then part of the Ottoman Empire).
    — I see by the newspapers that the Mediterranean Fleet is leaving Malta for the Levant.

词形变化

the Levant canonical Levants plural

词源

词源 1
Borrowed from French levant (“rising, sun's point of rising”), form of lever (“to rise”), from Latin levō (“to rise”) (cf. also the present participle levāns), from levis (“light, not heavy”).
词源 2
Borrowed from French levant (“rising, sun's point of rising”), form of lever (“to rise”), from Latin levō (“to rise”) (cf. also the present participle levāns), from levis (“light, not heavy”).
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