dervish
['dɚvɪʃ]
n. (伊斯兰教)托钵僧

1. It took almost three months of effort to secure photographic permission from the proper dervish authorities.
   旋转着星星围绕着运。

dervish
[ noun ]
an ascetic Muslim monk; a member of an order noted for devotional exercises involving bodily movements
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Dervish \Der"vish\, Dervise \Der"vise\, Dervis \Der"vis\, n.
[Per. derw[=e]sch, fr. OPer. derew to beg, ask alms: cf. F.
derviche.]
1. A Turkish or Persian monk, especially one who professes
extreme poverty and leads an austere life.

2. One of the fanatical followers of the Mahdi, in the Sudan,
in the 1880's.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]

3. in modern times, a member of an ascetic Mohammedan sect
notable for its devotional exercises, which include
energetic chanting or shouting and rhythmic bodily
movement, such as whirling, leading to a trance-like state
or ecstasy. From these exercises the phrase whirling
dervish is derived.
[PJC]

4. figuratively, a person who whirls or engages in frenzied
activity reminiscent of the dervish[3] dancing.
[PJC]