Indian
n. 印度人, 印第安人, 印第安语 a. 印度的, 印度群岛的, 印第安语的
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印度人；印第安人；印第安语
someone from India
印度的；印第安人的；印第安语的
relating to India or its people
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A person from India.
印度人
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An American Indian, a member of one of the indigenous peoples of the Americas (generally excluding the Aleut, Inuit, Metis, and Yupik).
印第安人
印第安
美洲印第安人
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An indigenous inhabitant of Australia, New Zealand or the Pacific islands.
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Ellipsis of Indian cuisine.
不可数 可数Have you ever tried Indian?
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Ellipsis of Indian meal (“meal consisting of Indian cuisine”).
英国 非正式 可数 不可数We're going out tonight for an Indian.
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Ellipsis of Indian restaurant (“restaurant serving Indian cuisine”).
英国 非正式 可数 不可数We're going down to the Indian for a curry—wanna join us?
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Ellipsis of Mardi Gras Indian.
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A kind of marble (spherical toy) with colored bands on an opaque black base.
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Of or relating to India or its people; or (formerly) of the East Indies.
印度
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Eastern; Oriental.
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Of or relating to the indigenous peoples of the Americas.
印第安
印地安
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Made with Indian corn or maize.
加拿大 美国Indian bread
Indian meal
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Designating any of various chess openings now characterised by black's attempt to control the board through knights and fianchettoed bishops rather than with a central pawn advance.
游戏
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Any of the (unrelated) languages spoken by American Indians.
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Any language spoken by natives of India, especially Hindi.
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From Anglo-Norman indien, Middle French indien, corresponding to Ind + -ian or India + -an. Applied to inhabitants of the Americas due to an early misconception that the Americas were the eastern end of Asia / the Indies (hence also the designation of Caribbean islands as the West Indies).
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