英語單詞

Caucasian是什麽意思

Caucasian

英 美 [kɔˈkeʒən]
  • adj. 白種人的;高加索的
  • n. 白種人;高加索人

英文詞源


Caucasian (adj.)
1807, from Caucasus Mountains, between the Black and Caspian seas; applied to the "white" race 1795 (in German) by German anthropologist Johann Blumenbach, because its supposed ancestral homeland lay there; since abandoned as a historical/anthropological term. (See Aryan).
Caucasian (n.)
"resident or native of the Caucasus," 1843; see Caucasus + -ian. Meaning "one of the 'white' race" is from 1958 (earlier Caucasoid, 1956).

雙語例句


1. Ann Hamilton was a Caucasian from New England.
安·漢密爾頓是來自新英格蘭的白人。

來自柯林斯例句

2. In Caucasian populations, about 1 in every 87 deliveries is a twin birth.
在白人人群中, 大約每87個分娩中就有一對雙生嬰兒.

來自辭典例句

3. One blast should be enough to make Caucasian food edible.
隻需一下,就足夠讓白人的食品變得可食用了.

來自電影對白

4. Most of them are memBers of the Caucasian race.
他們中大多數都是白人.

來自互聯網

5. O - Ren Ishii : Silly Caucasian girl likes to play with Samurai swords.
愚蠢的高加索女孩愛玩武士刀.

來自互聯網

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