all-American
短语a. 全美最佳的, 全部美国产的
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1.
A person or thing regarded as embodying the ideal qualities of the United States of America; typically American; (specifically) a person from the United States who is courageous, heroic, honest, wholesome, etc.
He was regarded by the other soldiers as an all-American for his courage in battle.
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2.
Ellipsis of all-American athlete, player, team (chiefly sports), all-American boy, girl, person, or family (loosely, transferred sense)
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Alternative letter-case form of All-American.
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Comprising things that are wholly from the United States of America; completely made in the United States.
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Regarded as embodying the ideal qualities of the United States; typically American; (specifically) of a person: courageous, heroic; honest, wholesome, etc.
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Alternative letter-case form of All-American.
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词源
From all- + American. Americanism first recorded in the 1880s; the substantive usage originating early on as an ellipsis of all-American athlete, player, team; thereafter transferred to apply broadly to people or things as in All-American boy, girl, family.
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