Caucasian
英式音标[kɔˈkeʒən]
基本解释
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).
实用例句
- 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
