American
American 英 [əˈmerɪkən] 美 [əˈmɛrɪkən]
n. 美国人,美洲人;美国英语 adj. 美国的,美洲的;地道美国式的
名词复数:americans
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- n. 美国人,美洲人;美国英语
- adj. 美国的,美洲的;地道美国式的
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1. He operated in an American company.
他在一家美国公司供职。
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2. Do you use English or American spelling(s)?
你使用英国拼法还是美国拼法?
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3. We learned the matter from an American paper.
我们从一家美国报纸上获悉此事。
- American (adj.) 1590s, "pertaining to the Western Hemisphere and its aboriginal inhabitants," from Modern Latin Americanus, from America (q.v.); the sense of "pertaining to the residents of North America of European (originally British) descent" is first recorded 1640s; later "pertaining to the United States." French Américain, Spanish and Italian Americano, German Amerikanisch. Fem. form Americaness attested from 1838. The American beauty rose so called from 1886. American English as a sub-language attested from 1806; Amerenglish is from 1974.
- American (n.) 1570s, originally "one of the aboriginal peoples discovered in the Western Hemisphere by Europeans," from Modern Latin Americanus, from America (q.v.). The original sense is now Native Americans; the sense of "resident of North America of European (originally British) descent" is from 1765.
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