DICT.TW Dictionary Taiwan
216.73.216.175
Search for:
Search type:
Return Definitions
Match headwords exactly
Match prefixes
Match prefixes (skip, count)
Match substring occurring anywhere in a headword
Match suffixes
POSIX 1003.2 (modern) regular expressions
Old (basic) regular expressions
Match using SOUNDEX algorithm
Match headwords within Levenshtein distance one
Match separate words within headwords
Match the first word within headwords
Match the last word within headwords
Database:
Any
First match
DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典
DICT.TW English-Chinese Medical Dictionary 英漢醫學字典
DICT.TW 注音查詢、中文輸入法字典
Taiwan MOE computer dictionary
Network Terminology
MDBG CC-CEDICT Chinese-English Dictionary 漢英字典
Japanese-English Electronic Dictionary 和英電子辞書
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
WordNet (r) 2.0
Elements database 20001107
Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's)
▼
[Show options]
[
Pronunciation
] [
Help
] [
Database Info
] [
Server Info
]
3 definitions found
From:
DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典
ma·hat·ma
/məˈhɑtmə, ˈhæt-/
大聖,超人
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Ma·hat·ma
n.
Theosophy
One
of
a
class
of
sages
,
or
“adepts,”
reputed
to
have
knowledge
and
powers
of
a
higher
order
than
those
of
ordinary
men
.
Note:
The
title
was
popularly
applied
to
Mohandas
Karamchand
Gandhi
in
tribute
to
his
wisdom
,
though
not
implying
any
supernatural
powers
;
he
is
thus
often
referred
to
as
Mahatma
Ghandi
or
The
Mahatma
.
He
was
most
noted
for
his
advocacy
of
non-violence
in
resisting
oppression
,
and
played
an
important
role
in
convincing
Great
Britain
to
grant
independence
to
India
and
Pakistan
. --
Ma*hat*ma*ism
n.
◄
►
From:
WordNet (r) 2.0
mahatma
n
: (
Hinduism
)
term
of
respect
for
a
Brahmin
sage
DICT.TW
About DICT.TW
•
Contact Webmaster
•
Index
•
Links
DICT.TW Dictionary Taiwan