释义
[ awl-uh -mer -i-kuh n ] SHOW IPA
/ ˌɔl əˈmɛr ɪ kən / PHONETIC RESPELLING
adjective representing the entire United States.
composed exclusively of American members or elements.
selected as the best in the United States, as in a sport: the all-American college football team of 1983.
noun an all-American player or performer.
Origin of all-American An Americanism dating back to 1885–90
Words nearby all-American Allahu Akbar, all along, all along the line, allamanda, alla marcia, all-American , Allan, Allan-a-Dale, all and sundry, All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others, allanite
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Example sentences from the Web for all-American I was a dorky Indo-English kid with a South Asian afro, and he was the all-American type, on the baseball team, et cetera.
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That all-American iconography has always been so potent in the Superman myth.
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But New Balance pledges that it will take the hit for any additional per-unit cost that comes from making an all-American shoe.
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Tsongas and Rep. Mike Michaud (D-ME) have led the charge for an all-American recruit shoe in Congress.
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And then you go and open a convenience store and it’s the ‘All-American convenience store.
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The score, All-American 14 and Chicago 4, tells the story of the game.
A Ball Player's Career | Adrian C. Anson
Here is the common-sense way in which an all-American quarterback performs his duties.
The Plattsburg Manual | O.O. Ellis and E.B. Garey
It is an important one: it is our first really national period, all-American , autochthonic.
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As yet our Commando units are not organized or completely whipped into shape for action as all-American units.
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There is talk about an all-American football team playing the best college teams of the country.
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British Dictionary definitions for all-American adjective US representative of the whole of the United States
composed exclusively of American members
(of a person) typically American the company looks for all-American clean-cut college students
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