ethnic

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a. 人种的, 种族的 [医] 人种的

发音

US /ˈɛθ.nɪk/

词形变化

ethnics 复数 ethnics more ethnic 比较级 most ethnic 最高级

别名

ethnick

教材释义与例句

形容词

种族的；人种的

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An ethnic person, especially a foreigner or member of an immigrant community.

  2. 2.

    A heathen, a pagan.

    古体
  3. 3.

    The demonym of an Ancient Greek city.

adj. B2 Oxf 5000
  1. 1.

    Of or relating to a group of people having common racial, ancestral, national, religious or cultural origins.

    民族

  2. 2.

    Characteristic of a foreign or a minority group's culture.

    I like to eat ethnic food

  3. 3.

    Representative of a folk or traditional mode of expression.

  4. 4.

    Heathen, not Jewish, Christian, or Muslim.

    历史

词汇关系

名词

上位词 3

actor worker doer
形容词

同义词 5

cultural pagan heathen ethnical heathenish

近义相关 2

social irreligious

相关短语

ethnic cleansing 种族清洗 ethnic minority n. [法]少数民族 ethnic group 种族群,种族集团 ethnic groups ethnic minorities ethnic studies ethnic music 民族音乐 ethnic musics ethnic cleanser ethnic cleansers ethnic purge ethnic purges ethnic gloss ethnic glosses

词源

From Middle English ethnik, from Latin ethnicus ("pagan", "heathen"), from Ancient Greek ἐθνικός (ethnikós, “of or for a nation, heathen”), from ἔθνος (éthnos, “a company", later "a people or nation, heathens”). By surface analysis, ethno- + -ic.

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