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The Amish are a Christian group, especially in Pennsylvania and Ohio in the United States. They live somewhat apart from other people and keep many strict rules about behaviour: plain traditional clothes, and they do not use telephones, cars, and other modern inventions in the way most Americans do.
The Amish are a Christian group, especially in Pennsylvania and Ohio in the United StatesAmish(阿米什人)是一個基督教群體,主要分布在美國賓州和俄亥俄州。They live somewhat apart from other people他們生活方式跟其他人有點分開 and keep many strict rules about behaviour並遵守許多嚴格的行為規範:plain traditional clothes像是穿著簡樸的傳統服裝,and they do not use telephones, cars, and other modern inventions in the way most Americans do而且不像大多數美國人那樣使用電話、汽車和其他現代發明。
Though actually, “the Amish” is not one single switch — some communities are stricter than others, and a few rules vary from place to place.
Though actually不過話說回來, "the Amish" is not one single switch「阿米什人」並不是一個統一的開關——some communities are stricter than others有些社群比其他社群嚴格,and a few rules vary from place to place有些規矩也因地方而不同。
They come from a Swiss tradition, named after a preacher, Jakob . People often mix them up with the , who share history with them but usually mix more with modern life.
They come from a Swiss Anabaptist tradition他們源自瑞士的再洗禮派傳統, named after a preacher, Jakob Amman這個名字來自一位牧師Jakob Amman。People often mix them up with the Mennonites大家常常把他們跟門諾會搞混, who share history with them but usually mix more with modern life門諾會跟他們有共同的歷史,但通常比較融入現代生活。
The word can name the people (the Amish) or describe their ways (Amish farms, Amish dress).
The word can name the people這個字可以指這群人,也就是the Amish,or describe their ways也可以形容他們的生活方式,像Amish farms、Amish dress。
組成From Pennsylvania German Amisch or German Amische, after the Swiss preacher Jakob Amman (1645–1730). The surname is a shortening of Old High German ambahtman (a kind of official).
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
Amishnoun/ˈɑː.mɪʃ/
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A strict Anabaptist sect living mainly in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Indiana.
Amishadj/ˈɑː.mɪʃ/
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Relating to this sect.
- U.S. Rep. Lloyd Smucker gestures to the National Mall while showing a group of Amish men from Quarryville and Paradise the House speaker's balcony at the U.S. Capitol to on Sept. 26, 2018. Smucker is running for re-election to represent the 11th Congressional District.
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。