American

初中

n. 美国人 a. 美国的, 美洲的

发音

UK /əˈmɛɹ.ɪ.kən/

词形变化

Americans 复数 more American 比较级 most American 最高级 Americans

别名

Amurrican Am. Amer. Americanian Murican ABCA

教材释义与例句

名词

美国人，美洲人；美国英语

someone from the US

形容词

美国的，美洲的；地道美国式的

relating to the US or its people

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A citizen or national of the United States of America.

    Americans! your republican politics, not less than your republican religion, are flagrantly inconsistent. You boast of your love of liberty, your superior civilization, and your pure Christianity, while the whole political power of the nation... is solemnly pledged to support and perpetuate the enslavement of three millions of your countrymen.

    My fellow Americans, I'm pleased to tell you today that I've signed legislation that will outlaw Russia forever. We begin bombing in five minutes.

    Roughly two-thirds of Americans default to the General American accent, with other dialects like Southern, AAVE, and Chicano usually being considered lower prestige outside of entertainment and politics.

  2. 2.

    Any inhabitant of the Americas.

  3. 3.

    A citizen or inhabitant of British America.

    历史
  4. 4.

    An indigenous inhabitant of the Americas.

    古体
  5. 5.

    An inhabitant of French or Spanish New World colonies.

    废旧

    1839, Washington Irving, 'National Nomenclature', The Knickerbocker In France, when I have announced myself as an American, I have been supposed to belong to one of the French colonies; in Spain, to be from Mexico, or Peru, or some other Spanish-American country.

  6. 6.

    The dialect of English spoken in and around the contiguous United States of America.

    美国人

    非正式 幽默
  7. 7.

    American cheese.

    Q: What kinds of cheese do you have? A: We have American, Swiss, cheddar, provolone, or wiz.

  8. 8.

    A steam locomotive of the 4-4-0 wheel arrangement.

    交通
  9. 9.

    A size of type smaller than German, 1-point type.

    美国 过时 罕用 不可数 媒体 印刷
adj.
  1. 1.

    Of, from, or pertaining to the United States of America, its people, or its culture.

    He married an American woman in order to get an American passport.

    Thanksgiving is an American tradition.

  2. 2.

    Of, from, or pertaining to the Americas.

    美洲

    This is pure American powder from the foothills of Colombia.

  3. 3.

    Of, from, or pertaining to British North America.

    美国的

    美

    历史
  4. 4.

    Of, from, or pertaining to the indigenous inhabitants of the Americas.

    古体
  5. 5.

    Able to be exercised on any date between its issue and expiry.

    商务 金融
name
  1. 1.

    A township in Allen County, Ohio, United States.

词汇关系

名词

上位词 6

english dweller inhabitant denizen habitant indweller

下位词 10

volunteer yankee beaver tory yank badger latino wolverine gopher creole

整体词 2

Central America North America

相关短语

American Samoa 美属萨摩亚 American Beauty American football n. 美式足球, 橄榄球 Native American 印第安人；美洲原住民 American bison 美洲野牛（等于American bison） American Samoan American English 美式英语 American golden plover American Indian 美洲印第安人 American Sign Language 美国手语 American dun-bar American eagle 是美国街头最受欢迎的品牌 北美秃鹰 American League 美国联盟（美国棒球联赛） American as apple pie

词源

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₃emh₃- Proto-Germanic *amalą Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs Proto-Celtic *rīxsbor. Proto-Germanic *rīks Proto-Germanic *Amalarīksder. Proto-Indo-European *ḱey- Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *ḱóymos Proto-Indo-European *tḱóymos Proto-Germanic *haimaz ▲ Proto-Germanic *rīks Proto-Germanic *Haimarīksder.? Italian Amerigoder. New Latin Americalbor. English America Middle English -n English -n English American From America + -n. compare Latin amerī̆canus.

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