英语单词 | ethnic |
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英美音标 | ['eθnik] |
中文释义 | adj.人种的,种族的,异教徒的 |
vocab简明 | An ethnic group encompasses a group of people with a unique culture. People from Bosnia form an ethnic group called Bosnians, and they share common cultural traditions, which often focus on hospitality and family. |
vocab扩展 | The word ethnic comes from the Greek ethnos, "nation," "people." Groups of people from specific areas who share the same or similar customs are ethnic groups. People who resettle in other countries often bring their distinctive traditions with them, including language, food, lifestyle, and music. There are ethnic restaurants, shops, and neighborhoods around the world, including Indian buffets, Italian shoe makers, and Greek Towns and China Towns. |
真题原句 | Factors such as the place and period in which we are reading, our gender, ethnicity, age and social class will encourage us towards certain interpretations but at the same time obscure or even close off others. |
柯林斯星级 | ★★★☆☆ |
柯林斯解释 | 1 [ADJ 形容词]种族的;民族的 Ethnic means connected with or relating to different racial or cultural groups of people. [usu ADJ n]
ethnically
2 [ADJ 形容词]少数民族的;少数种族的 You can use ethnic to describe people who belong to a particular racial or cultural group but who, usually, do not live in the country where most members of that group live. [ADJ n]
ethnically
3 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词](服饰、音乐、食物等)具有民族特色的,民族风味的 Ethnic clothing, music, or food is characteristic of the traditions of a particular ethnic group, and different from what is usually found in modern Western culture.
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来源 | 2015.0 |
Tags: 单词::2015
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