Indian是什么意思？

Indian

英[ˈɪndiən] 美[ˈɪndiən]

• adj. 印度的，印第安人的；
• n. 印度人，印第安人；

复数：Indians;

例句

• the Indian subcontinent 印度次大陆
• She has a penchant for Indian food. 她爱吃印度食物。
• America was once the home of many Indian tribes. 美洲曾经是许多印第安部落的故土。
• Farmers occasionally plow up old Indian relics. 农夫们偶尔能犁出古老的印第安人遗物。
• That girl is a pure Red Indian. 那个女孩是血统纯正的美洲印第安人。
• I would be leery of committing my company to employ hundreds of Indian workers,sight and skill unseen. 在对几千名印度工人的技术情况事先还不了解时,我是不会随便让我的公司雇用他们的。
• Dyewood is a dense Indian hardwood. 染料木是一种硬质印度产硬木。
• The settlers avenged the burning of the fort by destroying an Indian village. 移民们摧毁了一个印第安人的村庄以此来对烧毁堡垒实行报复。
• She was an iodine-dark Indian woman with brassy peroxided hair and a dead-tired disposition. 她是一个紫棠面皮、黄铜色漂发、总是一副倦怠的印第安女人。
• We read a story about some Indian headmen. 我们读了一篇关于几个印第安酋长的故事.

英语六级真题

People from broken homes and North American Indians are two examples.
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Why did white settlers introduce alcohol to Indians
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As the Indian economist Amartya Sen has wisely said, "The invisible hand of the market has often relied heavily on the visible hand of government.
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柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• ADJ
  印度的;印度人的;印度文化的
  Indian means belonging or relating to India, or to its people or culture.
  例句
  ...the Indian government. 印度政府
• N-COUNT
  印度人
  An Indian is an Indian citizen, or a person of Indian origin.
  例句
  ...a study of Indians and Pakistanis living in Southall. 对生活在绍索尔的印度人和巴基斯坦人的研究
• N-COUNT
  印第安人(现在通常称作Native Americans)
  Indians are the people who lived in North, South, or Central America before Europeans arrived, or people related to them. The usual name for them now is Native Americans .
  例句
  The South American Indians have been cooking and eating potatoes for well over two thousand years. 南美印第安人烹调食用土豆已有2000多年的历史了。

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. a member of the race of people living in North America when Europeans arrived
  2. a native or inhabitant of India
  3. any of the languages spoken by Amerindians
• Adjective
  1. of or relating to or characteristic of India or the East Indies or their peoples or languages or cultures;
  "the Indian subcontinent""Indian saris"
  2. of or pertaining to American Indians or their culture or languages;
  "Native American religions""Indian arrowheads"