Indian
Indian 英 [ˈɪndiən] 美 [ˈɪndiən]
adj. 印度的；印第安人的； n. 印度人；印第安人；
名词复数:indians
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- adj. 印度的；印第安人的；
- n. 印度人；印第安人；
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1. His indian robes
他的印第安长袍
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2. If he is Indian as you say,
如果他是你所说的那种印第安人，
- Indian (adj., n.) "inhabit of India or South Asia; pertaining to India," c. 1300 (noun and adjective), from Late Latin indianus, from India (see India). Applied to the aboriginal native inhabitants of the Americas from at least 1553 as a noun (1610s as an adjective), reflecting Spanish and Portuguese use, on the mistaken notion that America was the eastern end of Asia (it was also used occasionally 18c.-19c. of inhabitants of the Philippines and indigenous peoples of Australia and New Zealand. The Old English adjective was Indisc, and Indish (adj.) was common in 16c.
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