Indian

英 [ˈɪndiən]

美 [ˈɪndiən]

n.  印度人; (非因纽特人或米提人的)加拿大土著; 加拿大印第安人
adj.  印度的; 印第安人的

复数：indians　

中考高考CET4CET6IELTS

BNC.15712 / COCA.1436

习惯用语

n.

too many chiefs and not enough Indians
• 将多兵少；官多兵少
  used to describe a situation in which there are too many people telling other people what to do, and not enough people to do the work
(in) single file
• 一路纵队；单行
  (in) one line, one behind the other
• They made their way in single file along the cliff path.
  他们一个接着一个沿悬崖小径前进。

牛津词典

noun

• 印度人
  a person from India
• 印度人
  a person from India
• （非因纽特人或米提人的）加拿大土著；加拿大印第安人
  a Native Canadian who is not Inuit or Metis

柯林斯词典

• ADJ 印度的;印度人的;印度文化的
  Indianmeans belonging or relating to India, or to its people or culture.
  1. ...the Indian government.
     印度政府
• N-COUNT 印度人
  AnIndianis an Indian citizen, or a person of Indian origin.
  1. ...a study of Indians and Pakistanis living in Southall.
     对生活在绍索尔的印度人和巴基斯坦人的研究
• N-COUNT 印第安人(现在通常称作Native Americans)
  Indiansare the people who lived in North, South, or Central America before Europeans arrived, or people related to them. The usual name for them now isNative Americans.
  1. The South American Indians have been cooking and eating potatoes for well over two thousand years.
     南美印第安人烹调食用土豆已有2000多年的历史了。
• See also:Anglo-Indian

双语例句

• Last Friday she entranced the audience with her classical Indian singing.
  上周五她演唱的经典印度歌曲让听众如痴如醉。
• The inn gift shop stocks quality Indian crafts and sundries.
  旅馆的礼品店里备有上好的印度手工艺品和其他一些特色礼品。
• He was one of the world's foremost scholars of ancient Indian culture
  他是世界上最杰出的古印第安文化研究者之一。
• The caste system shapes nearly every facet of Indian life.
  种姓制度几乎影响着印度生活的方方面面。
• Indian skins age far more slowly than American or Italian ones.
  印度人的皮肤比美国人或意大利人的皮肤衰老得慢得多。
• The appeal in Miller's pictures of Indian women is undercut at times by what the artist writes about them
  米勒画作中印第安妇女的魅力有时会被艺术家的文字描述削弱。
• He said he wanted 'to establish a rapport with the Indian people'
  他说他想“同印度人民建立友好关系”。
• The whole affair is bound to be taken into consideration when the Indian side is picked
  如果选的是印度一方，整个事件必定会纳入考虑范围之中。
• Ludo is a version of an ancient Indian racing game
  鲁多是由一种古印度竞赛游戏演变而来。
• There is enormous, acknowledged and untapped potential in the Indian stock markets.
  印度的股票市场蕴含着巨大的、公认的、尚未挖掘出来的潜力。