英语单词

Caucasian是什么意思

Caucasian

英 美 [kɔˈkeʒən]
  • adj. 白种人的;高加索的
  • n. 白种人;高加索人

英文词源


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).

双语例句


1. Ann Hamilton was a Caucasian from New England.
安·汉密尔顿是来自新英格兰的白人。

来自柯林斯例句

2. In Caucasian populations, about 1 in every 87 deliveries is a twin birth.
在白人人群中, 大约每87个分娩中就有一对双生婴儿.

来自辞典例句

3. One blast should be enough to make Caucasian food edible.
只需一下,就足够让白人的食品变得可食用了.

来自电影对白

4. Most of them are memBers of the Caucasian race.
他们中大多数都是白人.

来自互联网

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

来自互联网

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