shibboleth
英 /'ʃibəleθ/
中文释义
n. 陈旧语句
n. a custom or tradition. n. a word or phrase distinguishing a group.
常用搭配
- cultural shibboleth文化标记
- political shibboleth政治口号
- shibboleth of the past过时套话
例句
- Using certain slang can act as a regional shibboleth.使用某些俚语可当作地域身份的标记。
- Free-market purity became a shibboleth for the party.自由市场的纯粹性成了该党的信条口号。