swahili

swahili

美 [swɑˈhili] 　英 [swɑːˈhiːli]

• n.斯瓦希里语；(东非的)斯瓦希里人
• 网络斯瓦西里语；斯瓦西里族；瓦希利语

词形变化

复数：Swahilis  

英汉双解

英汉解释

n.	1. 斯瓦希里语 2. (东非的)斯瓦希里人

英英解释

n.	1. a major language of eastern Africa 2. someone from eastern Africa who speaks Swahili as their first language

例句

I was a bit worried, to say the least. The man next to me said in Swahili, "What's the problem? "

说得轻一点我有点担心，我身边的男人用斯瓦西里语说，你有什么不好吗？

I nodded in mock agreement, but he might as well have been speaking Swahili .

我点头假装赞同，但是他仍在讲着他的鸟语。

I'm heading to Tanzania in a few weeks for the TED global conference, and I'd like to improve my Swahili before I go.

几周后我要远赴坦桑尼亚参加TED全球大会，走之前我想先学点儿斯瓦西里语。

Mivinjeni primary has no windows and the Indian Ocean breeze gently blows through the Swahili grammar class.

明杰里小学都没有窗户，来自印度洋的微风可以吹进斯瓦希里语语法课堂。

And so to see Swahili to have a presence online, to see Swahili wikipedia hit 1000 articles is just a wonderful thing.

所以，看到史瓦希里语在互联网上占有一席之地，而史瓦希里语的维基百科能够收录到1000篇文章，真是无比美妙。

She has a TV set now, a gift from a local airline executive, but she always used to follow the news on the radio in Swahili or Luo.

她现在有了台电视机，是当地一家航空公司的主管送给她的。不过她还是一如既往的只听斯瓦西里人（Swahili）或者卢奥人（Luo）电台里的新闻。

Your own Foreign Minister, my colleague Li is of course an expert on Africa, having visited most of its countries - and speaking Swahili.

中国外交部长，我的同事李肇星，是非洲事物专家，他已经访问非洲大多数国家，能讲斯瓦里希语。

Whether you speak Chinese, English or Swahili, a laugh or smile has virtually the same meaning all over the world, researchers said.

研究者说：不管你说汉语，英语还是斯瓦希里语，全世界人们大笑和微笑的含义都是一样的。

She was a thin Swahili woman with a serious face, a widow.

她是个身材瘦削、表情庄重的斯瓦西里（Swahili）寡妇。

So I was surprised when our first group of women farmers burst into a rapid-fire discussion in Swahili without hesitation.

所以当第一群农民妇女们不假思索就用斯瓦西里语展开热烈讨论时我很惊讶。

A small bronze statue of a lion has been found in the Swahili town of Shanga. Nothing similar has ever been found in East Africa.

一个小青铜狮子塑像已经在尚加的索马里城发现了，还没有类似的东西在东非被发现。

While it was hemmed in on land, it traveled to the Swahili in Africa, the Persian Gulf, the Red Sea, Madagascar, Indonesia, China.

美中不足的是仅限于陆地，它们被传到了非洲的斯瓦希里、波斯湾、红海、马达加斯加、印尼、中国。

in East Africa, this tree is called Masiwaji in the local Swahili is toothbrush meaning.

在东非，这种树枝被称为马斯瓦基，在当地斯瓦希里语中是牙刷的意思。

Language: English and Swahili are the official language. Kikuyu, Somali and Luo are also widely spoken.

语言：英语和斯瓦希里语为官方语言。吉库尤语、索马里语和卢奥语也通用。

Sultans, sailors, slaves, and spice traders have all passed through this mystical Indian Ocean archipelago on East Africa's Swahili Coast.

苏丹人，水手，奴隶，和香料商商人都曾经过这片位于东非斯瓦希里海岸神秘的群岛。

on East Africa's Swahili Coast has witnessed human history: sultans, sailors, slaves, and spice traders have all passed through here once.

这个位于东非斯瓦希里海岸的神秘群岛见证了人类历史。君主苏丹，水手，奴隶以及香料商人都曾从这里经过。

Paul Warambo explains how the term "sexual intercourse" is commonly translated from English into Ki'Swahili.

PaulWarambo解释了如何将“性交”一词从英文翻译成斯瓦希里语。

Lamu Old Town is the oldest and best-preserved Swahili settlement in East Africa, retaining its traditional functions.

拉穆古镇是东非最古老、存最完整的斯瓦希里人聚居地，并仍然保持着它的传统作用。

So you may be saying to yourself, I have to sign up right now for Swahili and calculus and accordion lessons before my brain withers away!

你或许因此对自己说，趁着我的大脑还没退化，赶紧报名学习史瓦西里文和微积分，还有手风琴班吧！

But Nahla was found to have a few meanings ranging from gift in Swahili to "drink of water" in Arabic.

但经考证，Nahla一词在斯瓦希里语中意为“礼物”，在阿拉伯语中意为“饮水”。

A more apt elephantine expression is found in Swahili: when two elephants fight it is the grass that gets hurt.

一个更贴切的，对巨大的表达在班图语里是：当两头大象打架的时候，受伤的是草皮。

Language: The national language is Sango, Arabic and Swahili though the official language is French.

语言：通用桑戈语，阿拉伯语，斯瓦希里语，官方语言为法语。

The website is named for a Swahili word for "testimony. "

该网站以斯瓦希里语中的“宣言”一词而命名。

And whether they're learning Swahili or Swedish, they go about it in much the same way.

不管他们学的是斯瓦希里语还是瑞典语，这个过程都是以差不多同样的方式完成。

Mr Gration was born in Congo to missionary parents, speaks Swahili and knows the region well.

格拉辛先生出生于刚果，父母亲同为传教士，精通斯瓦希里语，并非常了解这个地区。

The very name of the Tanzanian port means "lay down your heart" in Swahili.

作为坦桑尼亚港口城市的名字，在斯瓦西里语中的意思是“放下你的心”。

Many of the tusks are numbered with Swahili writing [see illustration on page 76], suggesting an East African shipping source.

这些象牙其中有许多都以非洲的斯瓦希里文（Swahili）编上号码（见第111页照片），显示应该来自东非。

And when you line up your mental calisthenics (your Swahili and swing lessons), make sure you can stay loose and have fun.

如果你准备参加智力型的软运动（斯里瓦尔语和摇摆乐课程），请确定你可以保持放松的状态并享受这个过程。

According to reports, India's "I" web by India bribery two "turtle" pull marsh and swahili returned home to establish.

据报道，印度的“我行贿了”网站由印度两位“海龟”拉马什和斯瓦提回国后创办。

He is a learned professor and can speak any languages from Japanese to Swahili.

教授很博学，能讲许多语言，有日语等还有。

Swahili is the principal lingua franca in East Africa.

东非的主要交际语是斯瓦希里语。

Exim also offers an innovative savings account for budding women entrepreneurs called the Tumaini Account (Swahili for "hope" ).

进出口银行也面向崭露头角的女企业主提供创新型储蓄账户服务。该账户名为Tumaini（斯瓦西里语，意为“希望”）账户。

that sounds really interesting. Can you speak Swahili?

这听起来很有趣。你会讲四斯瓦希里语吗？。

She taught me how to say "hello" in Swahili.

她有教我用斯瓦希里语说“你好”哦。

To investigate the effect of testing on mediators, Pyc and Rawson had 118 English-speaking participants learn 48 Swahili words.

为了调查考试对“介质”产生的效果，佩克和罗森让118名讲英语人士学习48个斯瓦希里语的单词。

The kits are called Huru, Swahili for "Freedom. "

这种装备名叫Huru，在斯瓦希里语里意思是“自由”。

Many colleges recommend that a student of African studies also learn an African language such as Hausa or Swahili as part of their program.

许多学院建议，非洲研究院的学生也应当学习一门非洲语言，例如豪萨语或斯瓦希里，作为其课程的一部分。

Oh, you don't speak Swahili.

哦，你不懂斯瓦希里语。

In our research, we typically use Swahili-English word pairs, such as 'wingu -- cloud. '

经过我们研究，我们通常使用斯瓦希里语-英语单词对照，就像wingu-cloud。

They include a 46-year-old woman shot dead near the town of Jilib after a Swahili-language bible was found in her shack;

死者中包括一名46岁的妇女，她在吉利卜镇附近被枪杀，罪名是在她的窝棚里发现了一本班图语圣经。