barbarian UK [bɑ:'beə.ri.ən] US [bɑ:r'ber.i-] noun countable ■a member of a group of people from a very different country or culture that is considered to be less socially advanced and more violent than your own 野蛮人,未开化的人•The walled city was attacked by barbarian hordes.那座筑有城墙的城市遭到大批野蛮人的攻击。 ■disapproving ■a person with little education who has no interest in art and culture 无教养的人,老粗•How can you call those barbarians your friends?你怎么能把那些没教养的人称作朋友? |