单词 | anglo-american |
释义 | Anglo-Americanadj.n. A. adj. 1. a. Of, belonging to, or involving both England (or Britain) and America. In early use also: of or belonging to the British American colonies (now historical). ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > British nation > English nation > [adjective] > and other French-English1580 Anglo-German1683 Anglo-American1769 Anglo-Welsh1772 Anglo-French1797 Anglo-Russian?1800 Anglo-Turkish?1800 Anglo-Indian1805 Anglo-Irish1810 Anglo-Scandinavian1836 Anglo-Egyptian1838 Hiberno-English1840 Anglo-Jewish1843 Anglo-Norse1872 Anglo-Boer1881 Anglo-Roman1913 Anglo-Soviet1920 Anglo-Arab1923 Anglo-Frisian1955 1769 B. Franklin Inq. in Papers (1973) XVII. 322 Such an Anglo-American parliament is the only way to make government equal for all. 1779 Remarks on Rescript Court Madrid 34 Is it possible that Franklyn could have holden this language to the court of Versailles, if Lewis had hitherto declined all the overtures made to him from the Anglo-American Colonies? 1787 G. Greive tr. F. J. de Chastellux Trav. N.-Amer. II. 284 Let not the Anglo-American Consul General to the United States complain. 1812 H. Marshall Hist. Kentucky 81 The Anglo-American army, then on its march to attack the French and Indians, posted in Fort Duquesne. 1841 H. S. Foote Texas & Texans I. 97 The heroic achievements of these three hundred Anglo-American soldiers. 1898 W. James Coll. Ess. & Rev. (1920) 436 The great Anglo-American alliance against the world, of which we nowadays hear so much. 1933 Discovery Dec. 359/1 An Anglo-American agreement has now been reached regarding a transatlantic air service. 1989 R. D. Brown Knowl. is Power 11 Literacy..was widely diffused among the white population of the Anglo-American colonies. 2005 Permaculture Mag. Winter 5/2 Few doubt that the Anglo-American invasion of Iraq..had a certain oil agenda, whatever the declared pretexts. b. Originally: of or designating the English language as used in America. Now chiefly: of or designating the English language, regarded as the language of both Britain and America (cf. sense A. 1a). ΘΚΠ the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [adjective] > Indo-European > Germanic > English > of varieties of English > American English American1650 Anglo-American1810 salt river1828 Yankeea1854 Midland1873 New Yorkese1889 American English1892 Yinglish1953 Valley Girl1982 Yat1985 1810 Edinb. Rev. Nov. 115 The two first words of it bespeak a foreign idiom, characterizing, as might be expected, the Anglo-American language, in which this Journal is written. 1833 N. Amer. Rev. Jan. 14 But if we know any thing of the Anglo-American dialects, the conversations in Mrs. Trollope are..fabrications. 1894 N.Y. Times 30 Dec. 21/4 We did, indeed, know, we Americans, that the city fortress..had smuggled one unregenerate, unreformable shibboleth—tariff—into the Anglo-American language. 1961 Amer. Speech 36 45 A number of Anglo-American loanwords [in German] are related to golf, horse racing, swimming, hockey, and track. 1995 Daily Yomiuri (Tokyo) (Nexis) 1 Jan. 15 All attempts to stop the progression of the Anglo-American language proved to be vain. We have to admit that English now has a special status. 2. Of an American: that is of English or other white European origin. Also: of or relating to these people, their culture, customs, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of America > native or inhabitant of North America > native or inhabitant of U.S.A. > [adjective] > by country of origin African1722 American1761 Low Dutch1774 Pennsylvania Dutch1792 Anglo-American1797 Irish-American1820 Africo-American1825 American African1826 Afro-American1831 Polish-American1850 Chinese-American1854 Italian–American1854 Russo-American1878 African American1885 Senegambian1911 Afrikan1929 Mexican-American1948 Asian American1950 Amerasian1965 Chicano1966 Anglo1968 Tejano1978 1797 C. Pinckney in State Papers U.S. (1817) III. 141 I should have made some observation on being termed Anglo-American, but, on inquiry, I found it was customary to call all my countrymen so, to distinguish us from the inhabitants of St. Domingo, and the other French West India Islands. 1842 Penny Cycl. XXIV. at Texas Distrust between the Anglo-American colonists..and the settlers of Spanish descent. 1851 C. Cist Sketches & Statistics Cincinnati 34 Destined to render the Anglo-American race paramount throughout this great continent. 1880 G. W. Cable Grandissimes liii. 402 A comparison of..Anglo-American and Franco-American conventionalities. 1936 Mississippi Valley Hist. Rev. 23 286 During the period, 1865–87, the Mescaleros.., and Coyoteros..sprayed the Anglo-American and Mexican settlements with their devastating raids. 1997 Gallop! Jan. 32/1 American Indian, Spanish-American and Anglo-American heritage mixes like nowhere else in Alberquerque's food! B. n. An American of English or other white European origin, esp. in contrast to American Indians or (later) Hispanic Americans. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of America > native or inhabitant of North America > native or inhabitant of U.S.A. > [noun] > by country of origin American1648 African1700 High Dutch1773 Low Dutch1773 German-American1775 African American1782 Anglo-American1785 Irish-American1786 Africo-American1788 American African1826 Pennsylvania German1827 Pennsylvania Dutch1831 Afro-American1833 far-downer1834 Mexicano1847 knickerbocker1848 Chinese-American1854 Italian–American1873 Polish-American1876 Polacker1883 roundhead1895 hunk1896 Polack1898 Senegambian1900 bohunk1903 honky1904 hunyak1911 Turk1914 boho1920 Anglo1923 Euro-American1925 turkey1932 narrowback1933 nisei1934 roundheader1934 pachuco1943 pocho1944 Latino1946 Chicano1947 Mexican-American1948 Asian American1952 Amerasian1957 Chicana1966 Afrikan1972 Hispanic1972 1738 Remarks on Trial of J. P. Zenger i. 16 (Signature of letter) I am yours, &c. Anglo-Americanus.] 1785 T. Jefferson Notes Virginia 27 In case of a war with our neighbours the Anglo-Americans or the Indians, the route to New-York becomes a frontier. 1787 S. S. Smith Ess. Complexion (1788) 194 The Anglo-Americans on the frontiers of the states, who acquire their sustenance principally by hunting. 1792 J. Morse Amer. Geogr. (ed. 2) 63 The greater part, however, are descended from the English; and for the sake of distinction, are called Anglo-Americans. 1828 ‘C. Sealsfield’ Americans as they Are xi. 132 The Anglo-Americans, however, treat their slaves throughout better than the French. 1842 McDonogh Papers (1898) 64 The Anglo-Americans, a term by which all Americans and strangers generally are called by the natives of Louisiana of French descent. 1858 Texas Almanac 114 The Anglo-Americans of Texas were threatened with subjection to military despotism. 1927 Travel Nov. 20/2 Soon he will be in the heart of the country where the Anglo-Americans settled under Spanish grants. 1948 Seventeen June 4/4 We had a Chinese boy cheerleader, a Mexican girl cheerleader, and three Anglo-Americans. 1991 Hispanic Nov. 8/2 For the entire 44 years of my life I have listened to Anglo Americans refer to Hispanic people as ‘wetbacks’, ‘spics’, ‘beaners’, ‘greasers’, and the like in jokes and in serious conversation. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.n.1769 |
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