assassin

• n. 刺客，暗殺者

來自阿拉伯詞hashash, 大麻，煙葉。刺客行刺前吸食有麻醉作用。可參看電影《波斯王子：時之刃》。

assassin

assassin: [17] Etymologically, an assassin is an ‘eater or smoker of hashish’, the drug cannabis. In the Middle Ages, in the area of the Middle East and modern Iran, there was a sect of fanatical Ismaili Muslims, founded in the late 11th century by Hassan ibn Sabbah. Its members killed the sect’s opponents under the influence of cannabis. Hence the hashshāshīn (plural of hashshāsh, Arabic for ‘hashish-eater’) came to have a reputation as murderers. In English the Arabic plural form was perceived as singular. The word has retained its connotation of one who kills for political or religious rather than personal motives.
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assassin (n.)

1530s (in Anglo-Latin from mid-13c.), via French and Italian, from Arabic hashishiyyin "hashish-users," plural of hashishiyy, from the source of hashish (q.v.). A fanatical Ismaili Muslim sect of the time of the Crusades, under leadership of the "Old Man of the Mountains" (translates Arabic shaik-al-jibal, name applied to Hasan ibu-al-Sabbah), with a reputation for murdering opposing leaders after intoxicating themselves by eating hashish. The plural suffix -in was mistaken in Europe for part of the word (compare Bedouin).

1. He decided no assassin would chance a shot from amongst that crowd.

他認定，沒有刺客會冒險混在人群裏開槍。

來自柯林斯例句

2. He alleged that they had hired an assassin to dispose of him.

他宣稱他們已雇了刺客來除掉他。

來自柯林斯例句

3. He saw the shooting and memorised the number of the assassin's car.

他目睹了槍擊過程並記住了刺客的車牌號碼。

來自柯林斯例句

4. He fell a victim to the dagger of an assassin.

他死於刺客的刀下.

來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》

5. Kennedy was struck down by an assassin's bullet.

肯尼迪被刺客的子彈擊中而身亡.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》