单词 | Australian |
释义 | Australian /aw strayl"yeuhn/, adj. 1. of or pertaining to Australia, its inhabitants, or their languages. 2. Zoogeog. belonging to a geographical division comprising Australia, New Zealand, Tasmania, Celebes, the Moluccas, Papua New Guinea, and adjacent smaller islands. 3. Phytogeog. belonging or pertaining to a geographical division comprising Australia and Tasmania. n. 4. a native or inhabitant of Australia. 5. an Aborigine of Australia. 6. the phylum of languages spoken by the Aborigines of Australia, consisting of more than a hundred languages. Abbr.: Austral, Austral. [AUSTRALI(A) + -AN] |
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