| 正面 | 6211.african 英 ['æfrɪk(ə)n]美 ['æfrɪkən]     |
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| 背面 |      释义： 1、sens- + -ible.adj. 非洲的，非洲人的n. 非洲人 例句： 1. And a number of African countries, too, are slipping through the net.并且一些非洲国家也被漏掉了。 African 非洲人来自腓尼基语afar, 指尘土，沙土。原仅指北非一小片区域，后指整个非洲大陆。 African (n.)Old English Africanas (plural), from Latin Africanus (adj.), from Africa (see Africa). Used of white residents of Africa from 1815. Used of black residents of the U.S. from late 18c., when it especially meant "one brought from Africa" and sometimes was contrasted to native-born Negro. As an adjective by 1560s, "pertaining to Africa or Africans" (Old English had Africanisc); from 1789 as "of or pertaining to black Americans."" |