"fate, destiny," 1834, from Turkish qismet, from Arabic qismah, qismat "portion, lot, fate," from root of qasama "he divided."
From a nation of enthusiasts and conquerors, the Osmanlis became a nation of sleepers and smokers. They came into Europe with the sword in one hand and the Koran in the other: were they driven out of their encampment, it would be with the Koran in one hand and the pipe in the other, crying: 'Kismet! Kismet! Allah kehrim!' (God hath willed it! God is great!) [Dr. James O. Noyes, "The Ottoman Empire," "The Knickerbocker," October 1858]
Popularized as the title of a novel in 1877.
实用例句
1. The Kismet wireless sniffer is an 802.11 b network sniffer and network dissector.
Kismet无线嗅探器是一种802.11b网络嗅探器及网络剖析器.来自互联网
2. That's fate , kismet, and we're back in the world of fantasy.
[这是命运, 我们活在白日梦的世界里.来自互联网
3. It was kismet _ a combination of several events occurring to perfect karma.
