Indian是什么意思

Indian

英 ['?nd??n] 美 ['?nd??n]

adj. 印度的；印第安人的；印第安語(yǔ)的
n. 印度人；印第安人；印第安語(yǔ)

中文詞源

Indian 印度人，印第安人

來(lái)自波斯語(yǔ)Hindu,河流名，后用于指整個(gè)印度。后該詞也用來(lái)指美洲的土著印第安人，來(lái)自16世紀(jì)哥倫布初到美洲大陸時(shí)誤以為到了印度大陸，因此便稱當(dāng)?shù)赝林藶橛《热?，更?zhǔn)確的說(shuō)法為American Indian.

英文詞源

Indian: "inhabit of India or South Asia," c. 1300 (noun and adjective); applied to the native inhabitants of the Americas from at least 1553, on the mistaken notion that America was the eastern end of Asia. Red Indian, to distinguish them from inhabitants of India, is first attested 1831 (Carlyle) but was not commonly used in North America. More than 500 modern phrases include Indian, most of them U.S. and most impugning honesty or intelligence, such as Indian giver, first attested 1765 in Indian gift:
An Indian gift is a proverbial expression, signifying a present for which an equivalent return is expected. [Thomas Hutchinson, "History of Massachusetts Bay," 1765]
Meaning "one who gives a gift and then asks for it back" first attested 1892.

雙語(yǔ)例句

1. Sri Lankans share a common ancestry with their Indian brethren.: 斯里蘭卡人和他們的印度兄弟有共同的祖先。

2. There is enormous, acknowledged and untapped potential in the Indian stock markets.: 印度的股票市場(chǎng)蘊(yùn)含著巨大的、公認(rèn)的、尚未挖掘出來(lái)的潛力。

3. He tensed as the big West Indian gripped his shoulder.: 那個(gè)大塊頭西印度群島土著人抓住他的肩膀時(shí)，他渾身緊張起來(lái)。

4. An experienced Indian guide is provided during your stay.: 在你逗留期間為你配備了一名有經(jīng)驗(yàn)的印度導(dǎo)游。

5. He said he wanted "to establish a rapport with the Indian people": 他說(shuō)他想“同印度人民建立友好關(guān)系”。

Indian是什么意思

Indian

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