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cubit n. [KYOO-bit]

腕尺(古代的一种长度测量单位)

Definition

: any of various ancient units of length based on the length of the forearm from the elbow to the tip of the middle finger and usually equal to about 18 inches (46 centimeters)
：古代的长度单位定义，从人前臂肘部到中指尖的长度，通常大约是18英寸（46厘米）。

Did You Know？

The cubit is an ancient unit of length that may have originated in Egypt close to 5,000 years ago. Cubit can refer to various units used in the ancient world, the actual length of which varied from time to time and place to place, but which was generally equivalent to the length of the human arm from elbow to fingertip — roughly about a foot and a half. (Appropriately, the word’s source is a Latin word meaning “elbow.”) Starting with the Wycliffe Bible in 1382, cubit has been used as the English translation for the measurement known in Biblical Hebrew as the “ammah” and in Koine as the “péchus.”

词源词根演化：cubit (Latin, “elbow”) —> cubit

cubit是古代的长度单位，可能起源于5000年前的古埃及。在古代，cubit定义的长度有许多种，实际长度在各地各时期各有不同，但是基本上都是相当于人前臂肘部到指尖的长度 — 大约等于1.5英尺。（很合理地，这个词来源于一个拉丁语单词，意思是“肘部”。）自从1382年的Wycliffe Bible，cubit就在希伯来文圣经到英语版本翻译中使用了，相当于希伯来文的“ammah”与阿提喀语中的“péchus”。

注：Koine：以阿提喀方言为主的希腊共通语；
Wycliffe Bible：由John Wycliffe主持的一组中古英语的圣经翻译本。
Wycliffe’s Bible is the name now given to a group of Bible translations into Middle English that were made under the direction of John Wycliffe.

Examples

The teacher explained that the ancient Egyptians did not measure things in feet and yards as we do but rather calculated measurements using the cubit.
老师解释说古埃及人不是像我们一样使用英尺与码来丈量物体，而是使用“cubit 腕尺”来计算长度。
“Noah’s big boat, 300 cubits long by 50 cubits wide by 30 cubits high and jammed to its gunwales with wildlife, has been a favorite metaphor among books about biological diversity.”
David Quammen, The New York Times Book Review, 23 Apr. 1995
诺亚的大船（即方舟Ark），300腕尺长，50腕尺宽，30腕尺高，船舷上挤满了各种野生动物，这对于讲述生物多样性的书籍，是一个非常有利的象征性证据。

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