salam
salam — verb
- salampresent simple I / you / we / they
- salams3rd person singular
- salamming-ing form
- salammedpast simple
1. to give someone a respectful greeting by bending forward and touching your foreh
to give someone a respectful greeting by bending forward and touching your forehead with your right hand, as people do in many Muslim communities
Tariq salamed the village elders, bowing low, before the wedding feast began.
salam + someone (greeting respected people)
At the mosque door, Nadia salamed the old imam with deep respect.
The new students salamed Christopher, their teacher, as he entered the classroom.
Before dinner, Darius salamed each guest sitting around the low wooden table.
文法句型
salam + someone
用法筆記
Usually takes a person as its object — you salam someone, not an object or a place.
salam — noun
- salamsingular
- salamsplural
1. a respectful gesture used when greeting people, in which a person bends forward
a respectful gesture used when greeting people, in which a person bends forward and raises their right hand to the forehead, common among many Muslim communities
Caio offered a slow, graceful salam to his host at the front gate.
offer a salam to someone
Hui watched the dancers begin each performance with an elegant salam.
A warm salam from Élise, the eldest daughter, welcomed every guest into the family home.
Asher returned the shopkeeper's salam with a small bow of his head.
用法筆記
Refers to the physical bowing gesture itself; distinguish from sense 2, which means spoken or written good wishes.
2. friendly words of greeting or kind wishes that one person sends to another, ofte
friendly words of greeting or kind wishes that one person sends to another, often passed on through a third person
Please give my salams to Grandma Rosa when you visit her this Sunday.
give/send salams to someone
Femi sent warm salams to the whole family back home in Lagos.
Mateo's long letter ended with kind salams from everyone at the Lisbon office.
Eve always adds friendly salams for her cousins at the end of each message.
用法筆記
Usually plural (salams) when it means good wishes sent to others; distinguish from sense 1, the physical bowing gesture.
常見錯誤
salam — exclamation
1. said to someone as a warm hello when you meet them, used among many Muslim commu
said to someone as a warm hello when you meet them, used among many Muslim communities; it comes from the Arabic words meaning 'peace be with you'
'Salam!' called Tara as she stepped into her aunt's busy kitchen.
Salam! as a spoken greeting on arrival
The friendly shopkeeper said 'Salam' to every customer who walked in.
'Salam, my friend,' Joshua said warmly while shaking hands at the gate.
The children shouted 'Salam!' to the bus driver every morning before school.
用法筆記
Often the very first word spoken on meeting; the fuller form is 'as-salamu alaikum', answered with 'wa alaikum as-salam'.