| 单词 |
Sheikha |
| 释义 |
‖ Sheikha|ˈʃeɪkə, ˈʃiːkə|
Also Shaikha(h, Sheika, and with small initial.
[Arab. šaiḵa.]
An Arab lady or matron of good family; hence, the (chief) wife of a sheikh. (Also as a title of respect.) Also transf., the consort of a ‘sheikh’ (cf. sheikh 1 b) (slang).
1853J. Richardson Narr. Mission Cent. Afr. II. xiv. 247, I had a visit from a great sister of the Sarkee, a woman who is a Sheikha (female Sheikh), and receives the revenues of fifty villages for her own private use. 1926Maines & Grant Wise-Crack Dict. 13/2 Sheika, Sheik's sweetie. 1949H. R. P. Dickson Arab of Desert viii. 144 Al Jazi, sister of Khalid al Hithlain..had a will of her own, and was a veritable ‘Shaikhah’. 1967M. Childs Taint of Innocence iii. 189 The Emir, the Sheika, and a party..had left the palace. 1976Times 22 Sept. 2/3 Shaikha ―, a Saudi Arabian noblewoman, who bought 50 Chepstow Villas, Notting Hill. 1976L. Blandford Oil Sheikhs 256 Sheikha Osheh is..married to Sheikh Mubarak. 1980D. Creed Scarab xiv. 134 They are Arabs—and so are you, sheikha. sheil |
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