Indian
英['ɪndiən] 美['ɪndiən]
"the Indian subcontinent"
"Indian saris"
"Native American religions"
"Indian arrowheads"
1.印度的;印度人的;印度文化的
Indian means belonging or relating to India, or to its people or culture.
e.g. ...theIndian government.
印度政府
2.印度人
AnIndian is an Indian citizen, or a person of Indian origin.
e.g. ...a study of Indians and Pakistanis living in Southall.
对生活在绍索尔的印度人和巴基斯坦人的研究
3.印第安人(现在通常称作Native Americans)
Indians are the people who lived in North, South, or Central America before Europeans arrived, or people related to them. The usual name for them now isNative Americans .
e.g. The South American Indians have been cooking and eating potatoes for well over two thousand years.
南美印第安人烹调食用土豆已有2000多年的历史了。
4. see also: Anglo-Indian
1. 印度:说到这个形容词,老师讲了这么一件事情,说曾经有个语言学家有一天忽然对表示各个国家的形容词(就是XX国的,XX国人)这一系列的词汇感兴趣起来了,他发现抛开那些特殊的,像美国(American)、马来西亚(Malaysian)、印度(Indian)等国家的后缀都是-an,
2. 印地安:Hand-sewn /Loafer shoes/Moccassin俗称手逢包子鞋、菜包仔鞋是也,逢法有英式(English)/印地安(Indian)/加州(California)等多种逢法. 惟一共同点是鞋面(Plug)与面帮(vamp)一定是藉由手工或机器逢制成的鞋类皆属之.
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3. 印度人:彼以为已航抵印,把土人当作印度人,所以称他们为印度人(Indian)即「印第安」人,支持哥伦布航行之西班牙,却咬定发现了新大陆,事实上哥伦布四次航行,只在加勒比海打转,并并未涉足美洲大陆.
No Indian ever runs an unnecessary risk.
没有一个印度人愿意冒无谓的危险。
To an Indian, the owl is a symbol for bad luck!
对印度人来说,猫头鹰是恶运的象征!
The Indian of the west is a rover of the plain.
西部的印第安人在大平原上过着游牧生活。
One example came from a Macusi Indian of Guyana.
其中一个例子引自圭亚那一个马库希印第安人。
In the Indian name of states, some names are from generalizing the locally geographical features after Indian long-term observation.
在印第安语州名中,有些名字是印第安人经过长期的观察后,而对当地的地理风貌进行的总结和概括。
The Indian workmanship is so exquisite.
印度的手工艺果然是精致啊!
It was designed in imitation of an Indian temple.
它是仿照了印度的热那寺来设计的。
Parched corn was a staple of the Indian diet.
烤玉米是印度人的主要食物。
Did you hear about the Indian helicopter crash?
你听说印度人的直升机坠毁了么?
The Indian of the west is a rover of the plain.
西部的印第安人在大平原上过着游牧生活。
Farmers occassionally plow up old Indian relics.
农民偶尔能用犁翻出古老的印第安人的遗物。
The owl is sacred for many Californian Indian people.
对于很多加利福尼亚的印第安人而言,猫头鹰是圣物。
We hiked the Grand Canyon, exploring Indian cliff dwellings.
我们去大峡谷徒步旅行,探究印第安人的崖居。
They battled against other Indian tribes, but rarely fought with the whites.
他们同其他印第安部落作战,但很少与白人并肩对敌。
America was once the home of many Indian tribes.
美洲曾经是许多印第安部落的故土.
Farmers occasionally plough up old Indian relics.
农夫们偶尔能犁出古老的印第安人遗物.
Corn is also called ' Indian corn '.
玉蜀黍 又称为印第安玉米.
The Indian hurled his spear at the coyote.
那印地安人将他的长矛用力掷向那只土狼.
That girl is a pure Red Indian.
那个女孩是血统纯正的美洲印第安人.
We read a story about some Indian headmen.
我们读了一篇关于几个印第安酋长的故事.
The appeal in Miller's pictures of Indian women is undercut at times by what the artist writes about them.
米勒画作中印第安妇女的魅力有时会被艺术家的文字描述削弱。
I like shooting the fishing boats and Indian settlements and landscapes.
我喜欢拍渔船、印地安人聚居区和风景.
It was the brief Indian Summer of the high latitudes.
这是高纬度地方的那种短暂的晚秋.
Such were the rights and privileges of a typical Indian gens.
典型的印第安人氏族的职能就是这样.
To their surprise, the old Indian could exactly foretell the weather.
令他们惊奇的是, 这位老印第安人可以准确地预报天气.
One day they met an old Indian who lived there.
一天他们碰到一位当地的老印第安人.
Toward the Springs Of Ganges or Hydaspes, Indian streams.
出自:MiltonOf China..the Emperor and other Indian monarchs.
出自:W. Roberts