Red Indian

Red Indian

n, adj (Peoples) an old-fashioned term, now considered highly offensive, for Native American

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Noun

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Red Indian - a member of the race of people living in America when Europeans arrivedAmerican Indian, IndianAmerindian, Native American - any member of the peoples living in North or South America before the Europeans arrivedAlgonquian, Algonquin - a member of any of the North American Indian groups speaking an Algonquian language and originally living in the subarctic regions of eastern Canada; many Algonquian tribes migrated south into the woodlands from the Mississippi River to the Atlantic coastAnasazi - a Native American who lived in what is now southern Colorado and Utah and northern Arizona and New Mexico and who built cliff dwellingsAthabaskan, Athapascan, Athapaskan, Athabascan - a member of any of the North American Indian groups speaking an Athapaskan language and living in the subarctic regions of western Canada and central AlaskaAmerindian race, Indian race - usually included in the Mongoloid raceMaya, Mayan - a member of an American Indian people of Yucatan and Belize and Guatemala who had a culture (which reached its peak between AD 300 and 900) characterized by outstanding architecture and pottery and astronomy; "Mayans had a system of writing and an accurate calendar"Nahuatl - a member of any of various Indian peoples of central MexicoOlmec - a member of an early Mesoamerican civilization centered around Veracruz that flourished between 1300 and 400 BCZapotec, Zapotecan - a member of a large tribe of Mesoamericans living in southern Mexico whose civilization flourished around 300 to 900Buffalo Indian, Plains Indian - a member of one of the tribes of American Indians who lived a nomadic life following the buffalo in the Great Plains of North AmericaChickasaw - a member of the Muskhogean people formerly living in northern MississippiCoeur d'Alene - a member of an Amerindian people living in northern Idaho around Coeur d'Alene LakeCreek - any member of the Creek Confederacy (especially the Muskogee) formerly living in Georgia and Alabama but now chiefly in OklahomaHaida - a member of a seafaring group of North American Indians who lived on the Pacific coast of British Columbia and southwestern AlaskaHoka, Hokan - a member of a North American Indian people speaking one of the Hokan languagesIroquois - any member of the warlike North American Indian peoples formerly living in New York State; the Iroquois League were allies of the British during the American RevolutionMuskhogean, Muskogean - a member of any of the peoples formerly living in southeastern United States and speaking Muskhogean languagesPenutian - a member of a North American Indian people speaking one of the Penutian languagesPueblo - a member of any of about two dozen Native American peoples called `Pueblos' by the Spanish because they live in pueblos (villages built of adobe and rock)Injun, red man, Redskin - (slang) offensive term for Native AmericansSalish - a member of a group of North American Indians speaking a Salishan language and living on the northwest coast of North AmericaShoshone, Shoshoni - a member of the North American Indian people (related to the Aztecs) of the southwestern United StatesTaracahitian - a member of a group of peoples of MexicoTlingit - a member of a seafaring group of North American Indians living in southern AlaskaWakashan - a member of one of the peoples in British Columbia and Washington who speak the Wakashan languageAleut, Aleutian - a member of the people inhabiting the Aleutian Islands and southwestern AlaskaEskimo, Esquimau, Inuit - a member of a people inhabiting the Arctic (northern Canada or Greenland or Alaska or eastern Siberia); the Algonquians called them Eskimo (`eaters of raw flesh') but they call themselves the Inuit (`the people')Paleo-American, Paleo-Amerind, Paleo-Indian - a member of the Paleo-American peoples who were the earliest human inhabitants of North America and South America during the late Pleistocene epochsannup - a married male American Indiansquaw - an American Indian womanderogation, disparagement, depreciation - a communication that belittles somebody or something

Translations

北美印第安人

red

(red) noun, adjective1. (of) the colour of blood. a red car/dress / cheeks; red cheeks; a red car/dress / cheeks; Her eyes were red with crying. 紅色的 红色的2. (of hair or fur) (of) a colour which varies between a golden brown and a deep reddish-brown. (頭髮、毛髮)褐紅色的 褐红色的3. (a) communist. Red China; A lot of his university friends are Reds. 共黨(份子) 共产党人the Red Army the army of the former USSR. 紅軍 红军ˈredden verb1. to make or become red or redder. to redden the lips with lipstick. (使)變紅 使...变红2. to blush. She reddened as she realized her mistake. 臉紅 脸红ˈreddish adjective slightly red. reddish hair. 微紅的 淡红的ˈredness noun 紅色 红色ˈredcurrant noun a type of garden bush grown for its small red fruit. 紅醋栗 红浆果树丛红茶子 ˈredhead noun a person with red hair. 紅髮人 红发人red herring1. something that leads people away from the main point in a discussion. 讓注意力移離重點的事物 转移注意力的话（或事） 2. a false clue or line of enquiry. 假線索，障眼法 假线索ˌred-ˈhot adjective (of metal etc) so hot that it is glowing red. red-hot steel; This iron is red-hot. 紅熱的 赤热的Red Indian a North American Indian. 北美原住民 北美印第安人red-letter day a day which will always be remembered because of something especially good that happened on it. 紀念日，節日 纪念日，节日 red tape annoying and unnecessary rules and regulations. 繁文縟節 繁文缛节烦琐的规章 be in the red to be in debt. 負債，赤字 负债，亏损 catch red-handed to find (a person) in the act of doing wrong. The police caught the thief red-handed. 當場捉到 当场捉住see red to become angry. When he started criticizing my work, I really saw red. 生氣 发怒