Austronesian

a. Austronesia 的 n. Austronesia 语族

发音

US /ˌɔːs.tɹoʊˈniː.ʒən/

词形变化

Austronesians 复数 Austronesians more Austronesian 比较级 most Austronesian 最高级

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A speaker of an Austronesian language, especially a member of the ancient maritime culture that spread Austronesian languages across the Pacific from Taiwan.

adj.
  1. 1.

    Pertaining to the Austronesian language family.

    an Austronesian language

  2. 2.

    Of or pertaining to Austronesia.

    南岛

词汇关系

名词

上位词 7

tongue dweller inhabitant denizen habitant indweller natural language

下位词 3

Polynesian Formosan Nauruan

词源

Borrowed from German Austronesisch; coined by Wilhelm Schmidt. From Latin austro- (“southern”) + Ancient Greek νῆσος (nêsos, “island”) + -ian.

来源：wiktionary