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单词 American
释义
American1 adjectiveAmerican2 noun
AmericanA‧mer‧i‧can1 /əˈmerɪkən/ adjective Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • American forces landed on the island at dawn.
  • The American writer William Burroughs
  • The frogs are a species found only in American rivers, especially in Brazil.
Thesaurus
Longman Language Activatorto come from a particular country, town etc
if you come from or are from a particular place, that is where you were born or where you lived for a long time: · She comes from Japan.· Where are you from?· My wife's parents and my parents come from the same town.
: be a native of Tokyo/London/Wales etc to have been born in and to have spent the early part of your life in that place -- used especially when you are writing about someone's life: · Hughes, who is a native of Belfast, often uses the city as a setting for his novels.· DeParle is a native of Rockwood, Tennessee.
to have been born in a particular country or to be a citizen of that country because your parents come from there, especially when you now live somewhere else: · She's lived in Australia for a long time, but she's Welsh by birth.· They're Russian by birth but they've lived in America for so long that they feel little attachment to their homeland.
if you are of Scottish/Russian etc ancestry , relatives of yours that are now dead came from that country a long time ago: · There are roughly 40 million Americans of Irish ancestry.· Her fine features suggested she was of Arabic or Indian ancestry.
WORD SETS
abyss, nounalluvial, adjectivealluvium, nounalpine, adjectiveAmerican, adjectiveAntarctica, anticyclone, nounarchipelago, nounArctic, adjectivearid, adjectiveAsia, atlas, nounatoll, nounAustralasia, Australasian, adjectiveAustralia, avalanche, nounaxis, nounbank, nounbarometer, nounbarrier reef, nounbasin, nounbay, nounbayou, nounbeach, nounbearing, nounbed, nounbight, nounbluff, nounborder, nounborder, verbborderland, nounborderline, nounborough, nounbox canyon, nounBritish, adjectivebutte, nouncanyon, nouncape, nouncapital, nouncardinal point, nounCaribbean, adjectivecartography, nouncay, nounchain, nounchaparral, nounchart, nounchasm, nounchimney, nounChinese, adjectivecirrus, nounCIS, nouncliff, nounclimate, nounclimatic, adjectivecoastal, adjectivecoastline, nouncockney, nouncol, nouncold front, nouncommuter belt, nouncompass, nounconfluence, nouncontinent, nouncontinental, adjectivecontinental shelf, nouncontour, nounconurbation, nouncoordinate, nouncorridor, nouncorrie, nouncoterminous, adjectivecouncil estate, nouncountry, nouncounty, nouncounty town, nouncourse, nouncove, nouncrag, nouncraggy, adjectivecreek, nouncrevasse, nouncrevice, nouncumulus, nouncyclone, noundateline, noundelta, noundesert, noundesert island, noundevelopment, noundistrict, noundivide, noundown, adverbdune, noundust bowl, nouneast, nouneast, adjectiveeast, adverbeastbound, adjectiveeasterly, adjectiveeasterly, nouneastern, adjectiveEasterner, nouneasternmost, adjectiveeastwards, adverbelevation, nouneminence, nounenvirons, nounequatorial, adjectiveerode, verberosion, nounescarpment, nounestuary, nounEurope, nounextraterritorial, adjectiveeyot, nounface, nounfarmland, nounfeeder, nounfiord, nounfirth, nounfjord, nounflood plain, nounfluvial, adjectivefrontier, nounfrontiersman, noungale force, adjectivegap, noungeo-, prefixgeography, noungeophysics, noungeopolitics, noungeyser, nounglacial, adjectiveglaciation, nounglacier, nounglobe, noungoldfield, noungorge, noungrassland, nounGrecian, adjectivegreen belt, noungrid, noungrotto, noungroundwater, noungulch, noungulf, noungully, nounhead, nounheadland, nounheadwaters, nounheartland, nounhemisphere, nounhighland, adjectivehighlands, nounhigh water mark, nounhinterland, nounHome Counties, the, homeland, nounhurricane, noun-i, suffixIberian, adjectiveiceberg, nounice cap, nounice floe, nounice pack, nounice sheet, nouninhabitant, nouninland, adjectiveinland, adverbinlet, nouninner city, nouninshore, adverbinsular, adjectiveintercontinental, adjectiveInternational Date Line, nounisland, nounisle, nounislet, nounisobar, nounIsraeli, adjectiveIsraeli, nounisthmus, nounItalian, adjectiveItalianate, adjectiveItalo-, prefixJapanese, adjectivekey, nounknoll, nounlagoon, nounlake, nounlandlocked, adjectivelandmass, nounlandslide, nounlandslip, nounlat., Latin, adjectiveLatin America, nounLatin American, adjectivelatitude, nounlevee, nounlittoral, nounlong., longitude, nounlongitudinal, adjectivelough, nounlowlands, nounlow-lying, adjectivelow water mark, nounmagnetic north, nounmagnetic pole, nounmarsh, nounmarshland, nounmeander, verbMediterranean, adjectiveMercator projection, nounmeridian, nounmesa, nounMiddle America, nounmidtown, adjectivemonsoon, nounmoorland, nounmorass, nounmountain, nounmountainside, nounmountaintop, nounmouth, nounmudslide, nounmull, nounnarrows, nounnavigation, nounNE, neck, nounnor'-, prefixnorth, nounnorth, adjectivenorth, adverbNorth America, nounnortheast, nounnortheast, adjectivenortheasterly, adjectivenortheastern, adjectivenortheastwards, adverbnortherly, adjectivenorthern, adjectivenortherner, nounnorthernmost, adjectivenorthwards, adverbnorthwest, nounnorthwest, adjectivenorthwesterly, adjectivenorthwestern, adjectivenorthwestwards, adverbnotch, nounNW, NZ, oasis, nounoccidental, nounocean, nounonshore, adjectiveopenness, nounOrdnance Survey map, nounoriental, adjectiveoutcrop, nounoverspill, nounpack ice, nounpaddy, nounpalisade, nounpan-, prefixpanhandle, nounparallel, nounpeak, nounpeninsula, nounPersian, adjectivephysical geography, nounplain, nounplateau, nounpoint, nounpolar, adjectivepole, nounpolitical geography, nounpollutant, nounpop., populate, verbpopulation, nounprairie, nounprecipice, nounprecipitation, nounPrime Meridian, principality, nounprojection, nounpromontory, nounprovince, nounprovincial, adjectivepueblo, nounR, rainfall, nounrain forest, nounrain gauge, nounrainstorm, nounrange, nounravine, nounreef, nounreference, nounregion, nounregional, adjectiverelief map, nounreservoir, nounresettle, verbresidential, adjectiveresource, nounridge, nounrift valley, nounrise, verbriver, nounriver basin, nounriver bed, nounRoman, adjectiverotation, nounrugged, adjectiverun-off, nounrural, adjectivesand, nounsand bar, nounsandstorm, nounsandy, adjectivesavanna, nounScandinavian, nounscar, nounscarp, nounscree, nounscrubland, nounSE, seaboard, nounsea breeze, nounseafront, nounsea level, nounseaport, nounseaward, adjectivesection, nounsemitropical, adjectiveshelf, nounslough, nounsmog, nounsnowfield, nounsource, nounsouth, nounsouth, adjectivesouth, adverbSouth America, adjectivesoutheast, nounsoutheast, adjectivesoutheasterly, adjectivesoutheastern, adjectivesoutheastwards, adverbsoutherly, adjectivesouthern, adjectivesouthernmost, adjectivesouthwards, adverbsouthwest, nounsouthwest, adjectivesouthwesterly, adjectivesouthwestern, adjectivesouthwestwards, adverbspeleology, nounspit, nounspur, nounstrait, nounsubcontinent, nounsubtropical, adjectivesuburb, nounsuburban, adjectivesummit, nounsurvey, nounsurvey, verbSW, swamp, nountableland, nounterrain, nounterritory, nountidal, adjectivetidal wave, nountidewater, nountime zone, nountop, nountopography, nountor, nountornado, nountown, nountown centre, nountowpath, nountrack, nountract, nountrade route, nountrail, nountransatlantic, adjectivetranscontinental, adjectivetributary, nountropic, nountropical, adjectivetundra, nountyphoon, nounUK, the, uncharted, adjectiveup, adverbup-country, adjectiveuplands, nounupper, adjectiveupriver, adverbupstate, adjectiveupstream, adverbuptown, adverburban, adjectiveurbanized, adjectiveurban renewal, nounurban sprawl, nounUS, the, adjectivevalley, nounW, warm front, nounwaste, adjectivewasteland, nounwater, verbwatercourse, nounwaterfall, nounwaterfront, nounwaterhole, nounwatering place, nounwater meadow, nounwatershed, nounwater table, nounwaterway, nounweather vane, nounwest, nounwest, adjectiveWest, nounwestern, adjectiveWesterner, nounwesternmost, adjectivewestward, adverbwilderness, nounwolds, nounzoning, noun
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
· I noticed that he had a Spanish accent.
· the history of Chinese civilization
· the 1993 Russian constitution
· Our society was heavily influenced by Greek and Roman culture.
· The Japanese economy is showing signs of recovery.
· Savings and loan associations are the American equivalent of Britain’s building societies.
(=the people who have power in a particular country)· The affair caused acute embarrassment to the British establishment.
· She remembered the American expression her mother had always used: 'Life’s a breeze'.
· British firms are competing with a number of foreign companies.
· Several battles took place involving American forces.
· It was one of the worst peacetime disasters in American history.
· She was born in India but has a British passport.
 He pledged that he would never lie to the American people.
· From the French perspective, therefore, 1934 marks a major turning point.
· The British press have blamed other countries for North Sea pollution.
· Jones won in 10.93 seconds, a new British record.
 the anti-immigrant sentiments expressed by some Americans
· He was arrested on suspicion of being an American spy.
· She saw a crowd of Japanese tourists, cameras at the ready, wandering down the path.
· The festival is a part of the Scottish tradition which is worth preserving.
· This operation was undertaken by British troops.
(=political activity believed to be harmful to the US)
 It is not a uniquely American problem.
Phrases
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIESthe American Association of Retired Personsthe American Automobile Association
  • The 9000 model cellular phone is made in Finland, but the technology inside is as American as apple pie.
English/American/German etc letters
  • How could any red-blooded male ignore the message the actress was sending so blatantly? she wondered despairingly.
  • Wish I'd met her ten, twenty years ago when I could still pass as a red-blooded male.
1relating to the US or its people:  Her mother is American. a famous American writer2 something is as American as apple pie used to say that something is very typically American Latin American
American1 adjectiveAmerican2 noun
AmericanAmerican2 noun [countable] word sets
WORD SETS
aboriginal, adjectiveaboriginal, nounaborigine, nounAfghan, nounAfrican, adjectiveAfrican, nounAfrican American, nounAfrikaner, nounAfro-, prefixAmerican, adjectiveAmerican, nounAmericanize, verbanglicize, verbAnglo-, prefixanglophile, nounAnglo-Saxon, nounAussie, nounAustralian, nounAustrian, nounAustro-, prefixbarbarian, nounBedouin, nounBenelux, nounBengali, nounbirth, nounblack, adjectiveblack, nounBoer, nounBr., brave, nounBrit, nounBritish, adjectiveBritisher, nounBriton, nounCeltic, adjectiveChinese, adjectivecontinental, adjectivecosmopolitan, adjectivecultural, adjectiveDane, nounDanish, adjectiveDutch, adjectiveDutchman, nouneastern, adjectiveEgyptian, adjectiveEgyptian, nounEnglish, adjectiveEnglishman, nounEnglishwoman, nounEskimo, nounEurasian, adjectiveEurasian, nounEuro-, prefixEuropean, nounEuropean, adjectiveFr, Franco-, prefixFrench, nounFrenchman, nounFrenchwoman, nounGallic, adjectiveGerman, nounGermanic, adjectiveGraeco-, prefixGreco-, prefixGreek, adjectiveGreek, noungypsy, nounHebraic, adjectiveHebrew, nounHellene, nounHellenic, adjectivehighland, adjectiveHighlander, nounHispanic, adjective-i, suffixIberian, adjectiveIndian, nounIndian, adjectiveIndo-, prefixinsular, adjectiveinternational, adjectiveinternationally, adverbinternecine, adjectiveIrish, adjectiveIrishman, nounIrishwoman, noun-ish, suffixIslam, nounislander, nounIsraeli, adjectiveIsraeli, nounIsraelite, nounItalian, nounJohn Bull, nounkiwi, nounLatin, nounLatin, adjectiveManx, adjectiveMaori, nounmestizo, nounmetropolitan, adjectiveMexican, adjectiveMexican, nounMoorish, adjectivemother country, nounmotherland, nounnation, nounnational anthem, nounnational costume, nounnational dress, nounnationalism, nounnationalist, nounnationalistic, adjectivenationality, nounnation state, nounnative, adjectivenative, nounNative American, nounnon-white, nounNordic, adjectiveNorse, adjectiveNorseman, nounnortherner, nounoverseas, adverboverseas, adjectivePakistani, nounparentage, nounPersian, adjectivePersian, nounPole, nounPolish, adjectiveRasta, nounRastafarian, nounRastaman, nounRussian, adjectiveRussian, nounSaxon, nounScot, nounScots, adjectiveScotsman, nounScotswoman, nounScottish, adjectiveSherpa, nounSinhalese, nounSino-, prefixsoutherner, nounSoviet, adjectiveSpaniard, nounSpanish, adjectiveSwede, nounSwedish, adjectiveSwiss, adjectiveTeutonic, adjectiveTurk, nounTurkish, adjectivewestern, adjectiveWesterner, nounwesternized, adjectivewhite, nounYiddish, noun
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
· I noticed that he had a Spanish accent.
· the history of Chinese civilization
· the 1993 Russian constitution
· Our society was heavily influenced by Greek and Roman culture.
· The Japanese economy is showing signs of recovery.
· Savings and loan associations are the American equivalent of Britain’s building societies.
(=the people who have power in a particular country)· The affair caused acute embarrassment to the British establishment.
· She remembered the American expression her mother had always used: 'Life’s a breeze'.
· British firms are competing with a number of foreign companies.
· Several battles took place involving American forces.
· It was one of the worst peacetime disasters in American history.
· She was born in India but has a British passport.
 He pledged that he would never lie to the American people.
· From the French perspective, therefore, 1934 marks a major turning point.
· The British press have blamed other countries for North Sea pollution.
· Jones won in 10.93 seconds, a new British record.
 the anti-immigrant sentiments expressed by some Americans
· He was arrested on suspicion of being an American spy.
· She saw a crowd of Japanese tourists, cameras at the ready, wandering down the path.
· The festival is a part of the Scottish tradition which is worth preserving.
· This operation was undertaken by British troops.
(=political activity believed to be harmful to the US)
 It is not a uniquely American problem.
Phrases
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIESthe American Association of Retired Personsthe American Automobile Association
  • The 9000 model cellular phone is made in Finland, but the technology inside is as American as apple pie.
English/American/German etc letters
  • How could any red-blooded male ignore the message the actress was sending so blatantly? she wondered despairingly.
  • Wish I'd met her ten, twenty years ago when I could still pass as a red-blooded male.
someone from the US
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