American
英 美
- n. 美國(guó)人，美洲人；美國(guó)英語(yǔ)
- adj. 美國(guó)的，美洲的；地道美國(guó)式的
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詞態(tài)變化
復(fù)數(shù):?Americans;
中文詞源
american 美國(guó)
來自意大利探險(xiǎn)家Amerigo Vespucci的名字。
英文詞源
- American
- 1570s (n.); 1590s (adj.), from Modern Latin Americanus, from America (q.v.); originally in reference to what now are called Native Americans; the sense of "resident of North America of European (originally British) descent" is first recorded 1640s (adj.); 1765 (n.).
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. Very likely he'd told them he had American business interests.
- 很可能他已經(jīng)告訴他們自己擁有美國(guó)商業(yè)利益.
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Early American weathervanes were most often cut from flat wooden boards.
- 美國(guó)早期的風(fēng)向標(biāo)大多截自平直的木板。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. She has had many credits and name-checks in American Vogue.
- 美國(guó)版《時(shí)尚》多次對(duì)她進(jìn)行贊揚(yáng)或是提到她的名字。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. Today's Security Council resolution will be a significant success for American diplomacy.
- 今天的安理會(huì)決議對(duì)于美國(guó)外交而言是一次重大的成功。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. The continued bleakness of the American job market was blamed.
- 美國(guó)就業(yè)市場(chǎng)的持續(xù)低迷被視為罪魁禍?zhǔn)住?/dd>
來自柯林斯例句