dervish

dervish

英 ['dɜːvɪʃ]
　　美 ['dɝvɪʃ]

n. 托缽僧
　　像托缽僧似的人

中文詞源：

dervish 伊斯蘭教托缽僧

來自土耳其語，窮人，乞丐，虔誠的修道者。

例句：

1. Brian was whirling like a dervish, slapping at the mosquitoes and moaning.
佈賴恩如同旋轉舞蹈的托缽僧一樣轉來轉去，一邊拍打著蚊子一邊抱怨不停。

2. He threw himself around the stage like a whirling dervish.
他在臺上轉圈，如同跳旋轉舞蹈的托缽僧一樣。

3. He a whirling dervish of ideas who inspires hope and fear.
他的一連串的苦修僧式的理念給瞭人民希望的同時也帶來瞭恐懼.

4. I want you to sing with rapture and dance like a dervish.
我希望你縱情歌唱,我希望你瘋狂起舞.

5. First of all, you cut costs like a dervish - just to stay solvent.
首先, 你要像個苦行僧一樣削減成本 —— 這隻是為瞭保持償債能力.