masc. proper name, biblical son of Abraham and Hagar, from Hebrew Yishma'el, literally "God hears," from yishma, imperf. of shama "he heard." The Arabs claim descent from him. Figurative sense of "an outcast," "whose hand is against every man, and every man's hand against him" is from Gen. xvi:12.
雙語例句
1. Ishmael is the only survivor of the final confrontation with Moby Dick.
在同莫比?狄克最后的較量中,唯一的幸存者是伊希梅爾.
來自辭典例句
2. It is as though Melville finds Ishmael a nuisance.
梅爾維爾似乎發(fā)現(xiàn)伊希梅爾是個(gè)討厭的人.
來自辭典例句
3. Ishmael was Abraham's son by using Hagar as the Surrogate mother.
以實(shí)瑪利是從夏甲給亞伯拉罕生的兒子.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
4. He said to God, " if only Ishmael might live under your special care! "