单词 | Indian |
释义 | Indian (ɪndiən ) Word forms: Indians 1. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] B2 Indian means belonging or relating to India, or to its people or culture. ...the Indian government. 2. countable noun B2 An Indian is an Indian citizen, or a person of Indian origin. ...a study of Indians and Pakistanis living in Southall. 3. countable noun Indians are the people who lived in North, South, or Central America before Europeans arrived, or people related to them. The usual name for these groups of people is Native American. [old-fashioned] The South American Indians have been cooking and eating potatoes for well over two thousand years. 4. See also Anglo-Indian Idioms: an Indian summer [mainly British] a period of great success late in your life or career, often after a period of not being successful The recent revival in international fashion is proving an Indian summer for Mr Rabanne, better known for his perfumes in the Seventies and Eighties. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Translations: Chinese: 印度的, 印度人 Japanese: インドの, インド人 |
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