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xanthous的意思

xanthous
英式音标['zænθəs]
美式英标['zænθəs]

基本解释

adj. 黄色的;黄色人种的

英文词源

xanthous (adj.)
1829, "fair-haired and light-complexioned," from Greek xanthos "yellow," of unknown origin (see xantho-). But the word also was used in 19c. anthropology as "specifying the yellow or Mongoloid type of mankind" [Century Dictionary].