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单词 Italian American
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Definition of Italian American in English:

Italian American

noun
  • An American who is of Italian descent.

    second-generation Italian Americans
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Her mother, Carla, a second-generation Italian American who had accepted her gender roles and become completely assimilated, can't understand her daughter's life at all.
    • The exploration of the fragility of being a woman and an Italian American celebrates the emerging voice of Italian American women from orality to literacy.
    • In other words, Tina finds her roots paradoxically not in Italy but in America as a fourth-generation Italian American.
    • Now I'm in the midst of writing about another food-loving Italian American who doesn't resemble me in the least.
    • We know from the work of sociologist Mary Waters, for example, that a third-generation Italian American largely gets to choose whether to be identified as Italian; it is not an identity imposed on that person by others.
    • The author, an Italian American, writes brilliantly of the joys of her grandmother's cooking.
    • Inside the salad bowl of the States, where many define themselves not simply as Americans but as Muslim Americans, Italian Americans, Irish Americans or Scottish Americans, the desire to find out more about their roots is stronger than ever.
    • I would love to see you play a heroic Italian American like Joe DiMaggio.
    • Even the Italians exist not to tell us who we are as Italian Americans (as we all somehow expect when we "go back" to find the places and people and potential selves our grandparents left behind), but for reasons and pleasures and purposes all their own.
    • As a second-generation Italian American, she seems to confirm what Ahern has said about downplaying one's roots.
    • Auspicious is the fact that the reviews seen here represent only a small percentage of the works being published by and about Italian Americans.
    • More than 500,000 Italian Americans joined the U.S. military, serving in all theaters, including the Italian campaign.
    • In other words, the onscreen Italian American has not only had to shadow-box with his own persona, but with other ethnically and racially marginalized groups.
    • Often these films and television shows are written, directed, produced, created, and acted by Italian Americans.
    • In 1916, he became the first Italian American to be elected to Congress, serving in the House of Representatives until 1932, with interruptions for World War I service in Italy and a brief tenure as president of the New York City Board of Alderman.
    • Our driver was excellent, a typical Brooklyn Italian American with attitude.
    • The father, who died in 1993, was an Italian American who grew up in a Philadelphia orphanage and worked as a salesman and then a supervisor for the Metropolitan Life Insurance Co.
    • The Great Depression overshadowed earlier economic gains, often forcing Italian Americans back into their family-centered ethnic communities.
    • Watching the quintessential Italian American strut his stuff made me wonder why so many Italians, and particularly Sicilians, leave for the US?
adjective
  • Relating to or denoting Italian Americans.

    an Italian-American neighbourhood
    Example sentencesExamples
    • "I am a progressive Democrat," he said, adding that his values are rooted in his middle-class upbringing in an Italian-American family.
    • And in 1994, he received the Medal of Valor from the Massachusetts Association of Italian American Police Officers.
    • In time she meets a handsome Italian-American man who speaks seriously and tactfully of marriage.
    • What constitutes Italian-American culture for a third-generation daughter born of a second-generation parent?
    • For Menino, the parade is about Italian-American pride.
    • Those offended by Italian-American stereotypes will also find plenty to be annoyed by with the guido/guidette lifestyle.
    • The award is given annually to a poet of Italian-American descent whose manuscript will be published as a bilingual volume.
    • This configuration emphasizes the power of Italian-American culture to nurture individual identity.
    • The Italian American Museum, at 155 Mulberry, is up and running.
    • One last intangible benefit, perhaps the most powerful, was the effect it had on Gary's mother, an Italian American Catholic who has lived a life of service in the church and to her Western Pennsylvania community.
    • As someone raised on Italian-American cuisine, I'm quite familiar with various Italian concoctions.
    • Italian-American groups say it demeans Italians.
    • This disc brings together piano music from 20th century Italian-American composers largely ignored.
    • By 1991, Italian American voter registrations were 35 percent Republican and 32 percent Democratic.
    • One of the toughest things I have had to get used to in an otherwise idyllic Paris is the huge gap between Anglo-Saxon (or Italian American in my case) parenting and parenting French style.
    • We are Italian American, or whatever else we are, because of whom and what we have loved longest and most powerfully.
    • The Italian American, Vietnamese, and Latino communities all have a residential presence near Center City, if not exactly in it.
    • The cuisine is contemporary Italian-American with a southern Italian bent.
    • As a result, it was Sinatra who became the most famous Italian-American crooner from Hoboken.
    • The two shared an Italian-American upbringing and a feel for the city's streets.
 
 

Definition of Italian American in US English:

Italian American

noun
  • An American who is of Italian descent.

    second-generation Italian Americans
    Example sentencesExamples
    • I would love to see you play a heroic Italian American like Joe DiMaggio.
    • The exploration of the fragility of being a woman and an Italian American celebrates the emerging voice of Italian American women from orality to literacy.
    • The father, who died in 1993, was an Italian American who grew up in a Philadelphia orphanage and worked as a salesman and then a supervisor for the Metropolitan Life Insurance Co.
    • Inside the salad bowl of the States, where many define themselves not simply as Americans but as Muslim Americans, Italian Americans, Irish Americans or Scottish Americans, the desire to find out more about their roots is stronger than ever.
    • Our driver was excellent, a typical Brooklyn Italian American with attitude.
    • Often these films and television shows are written, directed, produced, created, and acted by Italian Americans.
    • In 1916, he became the first Italian American to be elected to Congress, serving in the House of Representatives until 1932, with interruptions for World War I service in Italy and a brief tenure as president of the New York City Board of Alderman.
    • The Great Depression overshadowed earlier economic gains, often forcing Italian Americans back into their family-centered ethnic communities.
    • In other words, Tina finds her roots paradoxically not in Italy but in America as a fourth-generation Italian American.
    • The author, an Italian American, writes brilliantly of the joys of her grandmother's cooking.
    • In other words, the onscreen Italian American has not only had to shadow-box with his own persona, but with other ethnically and racially marginalized groups.
    • Auspicious is the fact that the reviews seen here represent only a small percentage of the works being published by and about Italian Americans.
    • Even the Italians exist not to tell us who we are as Italian Americans (as we all somehow expect when we "go back" to find the places and people and potential selves our grandparents left behind), but for reasons and pleasures and purposes all their own.
    • As a second-generation Italian American, she seems to confirm what Ahern has said about downplaying one's roots.
    • Her mother, Carla, a second-generation Italian American who had accepted her gender roles and become completely assimilated, can't understand her daughter's life at all.
    • Now I'm in the midst of writing about another food-loving Italian American who doesn't resemble me in the least.
    • Watching the quintessential Italian American strut his stuff made me wonder why so many Italians, and particularly Sicilians, leave for the US?
    • More than 500,000 Italian Americans joined the U.S. military, serving in all theaters, including the Italian campaign.
    • We know from the work of sociologist Mary Waters, for example, that a third-generation Italian American largely gets to choose whether to be identified as Italian; it is not an identity imposed on that person by others.
adjective
  • Relating to or denoting Italian Americans.

    an Italian-American neighborhood
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Those offended by Italian-American stereotypes will also find plenty to be annoyed by with the guido/guidette lifestyle.
    • By 1991, Italian American voter registrations were 35 percent Republican and 32 percent Democratic.
    • As a result, it was Sinatra who became the most famous Italian-American crooner from Hoboken.
    • For Menino, the parade is about Italian-American pride.
    • In time she meets a handsome Italian-American man who speaks seriously and tactfully of marriage.
    • As someone raised on Italian-American cuisine, I'm quite familiar with various Italian concoctions.
    • One last intangible benefit, perhaps the most powerful, was the effect it had on Gary's mother, an Italian American Catholic who has lived a life of service in the church and to her Western Pennsylvania community.
    • The Italian American Museum, at 155 Mulberry, is up and running.
    • And in 1994, he received the Medal of Valor from the Massachusetts Association of Italian American Police Officers.
    • The award is given annually to a poet of Italian-American descent whose manuscript will be published as a bilingual volume.
    • The cuisine is contemporary Italian-American with a southern Italian bent.
    • One of the toughest things I have had to get used to in an otherwise idyllic Paris is the huge gap between Anglo-Saxon (or Italian American in my case) parenting and parenting French style.
    • The two shared an Italian-American upbringing and a feel for the city's streets.
    • The Italian American, Vietnamese, and Latino communities all have a residential presence near Center City, if not exactly in it.
    • This configuration emphasizes the power of Italian-American culture to nurture individual identity.
    • "I am a progressive Democrat," he said, adding that his values are rooted in his middle-class upbringing in an Italian-American family.
    • We are Italian American, or whatever else we are, because of whom and what we have loved longest and most powerfully.
    • This disc brings together piano music from 20th century Italian-American composers largely ignored.
    • Italian-American groups say it demeans Italians.
    • What constitutes Italian-American culture for a third-generation daughter born of a second-generation parent?
 
 
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