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Eastern One's Ostroni 1509.Eastern 英 Iːst(ə)N]美 Istɚn 释义

正面 1509.eastern
英 ['iːst(ə)n]美 ['istɚn]

背面
释义:
adj. 东方的;朝东的;东洋的n. 东方人;(美国)东部地区的人
例句:
1. Physical and ideological barriers had come down in Eastern Europe.物质和意识形态上的障碍在东欧已不复存在。

1. ap- "to" + propri- "one's own, particular to itself" + -ate.2. => take as one's own, make as one's own, take possession of.3. => adapted to some particular purpose, specially suitable, proper.

eastern (adj.)Old English easterne "of the east, from the east; oriental; of the Eastern Orthodox Church; of the eastern part of the globe," from east + -erne, suffix denoting direction. Cognate with Old Saxon ostroni, Old High German ostroni, Old Norse austroenn. Eastern Shore of Maryland and Virginia so called from 1620s."

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