1570s (n.); 1590s (adj.), from Modern Latin Americanus, from America (q.v.); originally in reference to what now are called Native Americans; the sense of "resident of North America of European (originally British) descent" is first recorded 1640s (adj.); 1765 (n.).
雙語(yǔ)例句
1. Very likely he'd told them he had American business interests.
很可能他已經(jīng)告訴他們自己擁有美國(guó)商業(yè)利益.
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
2. Early American weathervanes were most often cut from flat wooden boards.
美國(guó)早期的風(fēng)向標(biāo)大多截自平直的木板。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
3. She has had many credits and name-checks in American Vogue.