American
英 [əˈmerɪkən]
美 [əˈmerɪkən]
- n. 美国人，美洲人；美国英语
- adj. 美国的，美洲的；地道美国式的
American 中文词源
american 美国来自意大利探险家Amerigo Vespucci的名字。
American 英文词源
- American
- 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.).
American 双语例句
1. Very likely he'd told them he had American business interests. 很可能他已经告诉他们自己拥有美国商业利益. 来自柯林斯例句
- 2. Early American weathervanes were most often cut from flat wooden boards.
- 美国早期的风向标大多截自平直的木板。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. She has had many credits and name-checks in American Vogue.
- 美国版《时尚》多次对她进行赞扬或是提到她的名字。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. Today's Security Council resolution will be a significant success for American diplomacy.
- 今天的安理会决议对于美国外交而言是一次重大的成功。
来自柯林斯例句
- 5. The continued bleakness of the American job market was blamed.
- 美国就业市场的持续低迷被视为罪魁祸首。
来自柯林斯例句