| 释义 |
Amerasian, a. and n. orig. U.S.|ˌæməˈreɪʒ(ɪ)ən|
[f. American + Asian.]
A. adj. Of mixed American and Asian parentage; esp. fathered by an American serviceman stationed in Asia.
1966Sci. News 27 Aug. 140/1 Efforts to help the Amerasian children of U.S. servicemen. 1977Guardian Weekly 25 Dec. 16/2 Some 4,000 ‘Amerasian’ children born of American GI fathers and Thai mothers. 1985N.Y. Times 27 Oct. i. 46/1 They wanted to talk about public concerns—dioxin, Amerasian children, divided families and missing comrades.
B. n. A person of mixed American and Asian parentage; esp. one whose father was an American serviceman.
1966P. S. Buck in Buck & Harris For Spacious Skies 166 We travel throughout the country telling Americans in all walks of life of the plight of these forsaken Amerasians. 1968N.Y. Times 30 Apr. 6/1 Among the sociologists concerned with the problem, they are called Amerasians. 1983Listener 1 Sept. 10/2 All these youngsters are the Amerasians—the children of war. |