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单词 Russian
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Definition of Russian in English:

Russian

adjective ˈrʌʃ(ə)nˈrəʃən
  • Relating to Russia, its people, or their language.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • How can one butcher the Russian language in such a way?
    • Furthermore, it's vaguely distressing the way the Russian language exaggerates and caresses dreary realities.
    • A Russian language children's club has been running in the area for two years and is now expanding into a proper nursery school, open to children aged between 2 ½ and five.
    • An authority on Russian language, Igor has dedicated his life to its promotion.
    • At a time when that unease was in danger of becoming a potential confrontation the language being used by Russian diplomats last week was almost friendly.
    • By the time of my third visit I had given up smoking, rendering half of my Russian language skills obsolete.
    • Pupils have already completed work that will be sent to Russian counterparts and he has enrolled on an on-line Russian language course.
    • A Russian language edition was published in Russia in 1998.
    • The US government-funded station Radio Liberty beams programmes in the Chechen and Russian languages into the republic.
    • Back then, I actually feared a second year of Russian language.
    • I was interested in Russian literature, so I applied for the Russian language course at Kim Il-sung University in Pyongyang.
    • Law enforcement authorities are convinced the far-right is responsible for the detonation of a bomb aimed at Russian Jews attending a language school in Duesseldorf last month.
    • I haven't bothered with the Russian language versions on their album but the English ones are very catchy.
    • My sources tell me that this story is nowhere to be found on IRNA's Russian language wire, just the English.
    • With the recent cooperative effort to build the ISS, Russian language training has become a must.
    • I've never watched a Russian language film that I can recall, so it should be interesting.
    • Customers can also rent video tapes of films and concerts in the Russian language.
    • Unfortunately, my turn was also my first chance to experience the Russian language.
    • A major Russian television network decided it would show only Russian language music videos.
    • The state-of-the-art enclosure at the zoo was the first outdoor experience for the female gorilla, who was also used to the Russian language.
noun ˈrʌʃ(ə)nˈrəʃən
  • 1A native or inhabitant of Russia, or a person of Russian descent.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Though not a native Russian, he was on the staff of the Imperial Theatres in St Petersburg and played in a court chamber ensemble.
    • Mustard gas was first used by the Germans against the Russians at Riga in September 1917.
    • The film looks at the pain of Easter Europe in the new millennium with humor and humanity, bringing a Lapp woman, a Russian and a Finn together to try to make sense of it all.
    • He married a French citizen, who was a Russian by descent, and was given permission to go off and live in Paris, which he did while still representing the Soviet Union at chess.
    • We cannot, however, expect that there will be any yield given to the French, Germans and Russians.
    • Scots and Russians are very similar in terms of how open and friendly they are.
    • It was Russians who first built up a caviar industry on Iranian shores.
    • For most Russians the nation's favourite holiday outshadowed political concerns.
    • However, Napoleon's invasion led the Russians to make peace with the Turks.
    • It was not so easy for the Russians in Chechnya after the invasion of the Russian army.
    • They told us that the Russians would never accept National Missile Defense.
    • The Finns had been told the precise terms the Russians wanted on February 23rd.
    • It relied on what the French or Russians did and the actions of one would provoke a German response and not the other way round.
    • With a Finn, a Russian, two Canadians, and an American, this year's Hall, of Fame class exemplifies the game's global reach.
    • This year's team features a Swede, a German, a Russian, a Czech, and two Canadians.
    • Moscow asked for international help and the British crew rescued the Russians on August 7.
    • Areas captured by the Germans during the day, were re-taken by the Russians at night.
    • All Europeans, including Russians, enjoy the same values and the conflict has ceased to exist.
    • He is not partisan and dealt equally with the callousness of the Chechen fighters and that of the Russians.
    1. 1.1historical (in general use) a national of the former Soviet Union.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The most flagrant example that showed how the Russians disposed of political dissenters took place in Czechoslovakia.
  • 2mass noun The language of Russia, an Eastern Slavic language written in the Cyrillic alphabet and spoken by over 130 million people.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Savenko has a fine presence, but in these opening acts he seemed somewhat inhibited, perhaps because of having to sing the role in English rather then his native Russian.
    • It handles the above languages plus Russian, Chinese, Japanese and Korean.
    • Like Russian, it is written in the Cyrillic alphabet.
    • Most of the men included in these teams and groups spoke Russian and other languages of the Soviet Union and were dressed up as Red Army men and officers.
    • Although not technically alien, the Russian Tsars and pomeshchiki were so aloof from their subjects that they spoke French rather than Russian and lived in a Western rather than Slavonic culture.
    • For example, my two new Georgian friends told me they had not uttered a word of Russian, the principal language of their schooldays, for a decade or more.
    • Although the Kyrgyz language is spoken in the home, most Kyrgyz also speak Russian, which is the language of business and commerce.
    • The stopping times and places are in the carriage and despite Russian's Cyrillic script, it's easy to guess where you are and how long you'll stop there.
    • But the Cold War was still going on, and obtaining Russian and Chinese speaking translators was given priority.
    • The official language is Estonian, with Russian also widely spoken.
    • French, Spanish, German, Russian, and other languages all exerted more influence over the subsequent centuries.
    • She also speaks German and Russian, and as a Czech speaker understands Slovak.
    • World class sites were developed in English, Arabic, Chinese, Hindi, Persian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish and Urdu.
    • Though she counts Chinese and Russian among the languages she speaks fluently, Fritzie has never played piano in either of those countries.
    • She couldn't speak Russian, though she knew the alphabet and could read names.
    • He speaks Russian, French, Czech and Bulgarian.
    • He speaks Russian as his native language.
    • The official language is Belarusian, but Russian is also widely spoken.
    • We have even given out literature written in Russian, with information about the hotel and the bar tariff.
    • She speaks Kazakh, Russian, English and Italian.

Derivatives

  • Russianist

  • noun ˈrʌʃ(ə)nɪstˈrəʃ(ə)nəst
    • The book is nothing less than "a celebration of personality," to cite the apt formulation of the distinguished Russianist John B. Dunlop.
  • Russianization

  • noun ˌrʌʃ(ə)nʌɪˈzeɪʃ(ə)n
    • He sees the assertion of paganism as a revolt against the Russianization that had been an integral part of communism.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The latter was the sector most incommoded by Russianization, for the kinds of jobs it fancied required good command of the Russian language (and sometimes, officially or unofficially, Russian birth).
      • Socialism and nationalism gave way to Islamization, Hinduization, and Russianization.
  • Russianize

  • verb ˈrʌʃ(ə)nʌɪzˈrəʃəˌnaɪz
    [with object]
    • Make Russian in character or style.

      they considered Russianizing their names
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Russianized citizens
      • Would ballet aspirants called Jane or John Smith, who years ago might have considered Russianizing their names to Yolanda Smithova or Jascha Smithakoysky, instead contemplate some Hispanic transmogrification?
      • This theme, which he has managed to Russianise, dominates much of the work.
      • In the 17th century the advancing Russians adopted pelnan, eventually Russianizing the pronunciation to pel'meni, and pel'meni in chicken broth is now a classic Russian dish.
  • Russianness

  • noun ˈrʌʃ(ə)nnɪs
    • This was partly in pursuit of rationalizing, modernizing reform, partly because - very much in line with trends elsewhere - the state was increasingly associating itself with an idea of ethnic Russianness.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Their very Russianness, their sense of their own self-defeating contradictions, brings despair with it.
      • Like the gathering of mushrooms and berries, the eating of prjaniki, and the consumption of shchi, the drinking of kvass in late Tsarist Russia had become a culture-laden act that helped to define one's Russianness.
      • Arsinoe's Greek nature, which, unlike Fiodor's Russianness, had seemed somewhat arbitrary, becomes necessary.
      • And, perhaps most saliently, what exactly was the content of the Russianness whose acquisition seemed so necessary?

Origin

Mid 16th century: from medieval Latin Russianus.

Rhymes

Belorussian, Prussian
 
 

Definition of Russian in US English:

Russian

adjectiveˈrəʃənˈrəSHən
  • Relating to Russia, its people, or their language.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Unfortunately, my turn was also my first chance to experience the Russian language.
    • Pupils have already completed work that will be sent to Russian counterparts and he has enrolled on an on-line Russian language course.
    • With the recent cooperative effort to build the ISS, Russian language training has become a must.
    • An authority on Russian language, Igor has dedicated his life to its promotion.
    • The US government-funded station Radio Liberty beams programmes in the Chechen and Russian languages into the republic.
    • At a time when that unease was in danger of becoming a potential confrontation the language being used by Russian diplomats last week was almost friendly.
    • I've never watched a Russian language film that I can recall, so it should be interesting.
    • A Russian language children's club has been running in the area for two years and is now expanding into a proper nursery school, open to children aged between 2 ½ and five.
    • Law enforcement authorities are convinced the far-right is responsible for the detonation of a bomb aimed at Russian Jews attending a language school in Duesseldorf last month.
    • By the time of my third visit I had given up smoking, rendering half of my Russian language skills obsolete.
    • How can one butcher the Russian language in such a way?
    • I haven't bothered with the Russian language versions on their album but the English ones are very catchy.
    • My sources tell me that this story is nowhere to be found on IRNA's Russian language wire, just the English.
    • Customers can also rent video tapes of films and concerts in the Russian language.
    • A Russian language edition was published in Russia in 1998.
    • A major Russian television network decided it would show only Russian language music videos.
    • Back then, I actually feared a second year of Russian language.
    • I was interested in Russian literature, so I applied for the Russian language course at Kim Il-sung University in Pyongyang.
    • Furthermore, it's vaguely distressing the way the Russian language exaggerates and caresses dreary realities.
    • The state-of-the-art enclosure at the zoo was the first outdoor experience for the female gorilla, who was also used to the Russian language.
nounˈrəʃənˈrəSHən
  • 1A native or inhabitant of Russia, or a person of Russian descent.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • They told us that the Russians would never accept National Missile Defense.
    • It was Russians who first built up a caviar industry on Iranian shores.
    • However, Napoleon's invasion led the Russians to make peace with the Turks.
    • The Finns had been told the precise terms the Russians wanted on February 23rd.
    • This year's team features a Swede, a German, a Russian, a Czech, and two Canadians.
    • Though not a native Russian, he was on the staff of the Imperial Theatres in St Petersburg and played in a court chamber ensemble.
    • Moscow asked for international help and the British crew rescued the Russians on August 7.
    • We cannot, however, expect that there will be any yield given to the French, Germans and Russians.
    • The film looks at the pain of Easter Europe in the new millennium with humor and humanity, bringing a Lapp woman, a Russian and a Finn together to try to make sense of it all.
    • He married a French citizen, who was a Russian by descent, and was given permission to go off and live in Paris, which he did while still representing the Soviet Union at chess.
    • For most Russians the nation's favourite holiday outshadowed political concerns.
    • Areas captured by the Germans during the day, were re-taken by the Russians at night.
    • With a Finn, a Russian, two Canadians, and an American, this year's Hall, of Fame class exemplifies the game's global reach.
    • It relied on what the French or Russians did and the actions of one would provoke a German response and not the other way round.
    • Mustard gas was first used by the Germans against the Russians at Riga in September 1917.
    • It was not so easy for the Russians in Chechnya after the invasion of the Russian army.
    • All Europeans, including Russians, enjoy the same values and the conflict has ceased to exist.
    • He is not partisan and dealt equally with the callousness of the Chechen fighters and that of the Russians.
    • Scots and Russians are very similar in terms of how open and friendly they are.
    1. 1.1 A person of Russian descent.
    2. 1.2historical (in general use) a national of the former Soviet Union.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The most flagrant example that showed how the Russians disposed of political dissenters took place in Czechoslovakia.
  • 2The East Slavic language of Russia.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Like Russian, it is written in the Cyrillic alphabet.
    • She also speaks German and Russian, and as a Czech speaker understands Slovak.
    • Although not technically alien, the Russian Tsars and pomeshchiki were so aloof from their subjects that they spoke French rather than Russian and lived in a Western rather than Slavonic culture.
    • Though she counts Chinese and Russian among the languages she speaks fluently, Fritzie has never played piano in either of those countries.
    • The official language is Belarusian, but Russian is also widely spoken.
    • He speaks Russian as his native language.
    • For example, my two new Georgian friends told me they had not uttered a word of Russian, the principal language of their schooldays, for a decade or more.
    • It handles the above languages plus Russian, Chinese, Japanese and Korean.
    • The official language is Estonian, with Russian also widely spoken.
    • She speaks Kazakh, Russian, English and Italian.
    • We have even given out literature written in Russian, with information about the hotel and the bar tariff.
    • But the Cold War was still going on, and obtaining Russian and Chinese speaking translators was given priority.
    • The stopping times and places are in the carriage and despite Russian's Cyrillic script, it's easy to guess where you are and how long you'll stop there.
    • He speaks Russian, French, Czech and Bulgarian.
    • World class sites were developed in English, Arabic, Chinese, Hindi, Persian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish and Urdu.
    • Although the Kyrgyz language is spoken in the home, most Kyrgyz also speak Russian, which is the language of business and commerce.
    • Most of the men included in these teams and groups spoke Russian and other languages of the Soviet Union and were dressed up as Red Army men and officers.
    • She couldn't speak Russian, though she knew the alphabet and could read names.
    • French, Spanish, German, Russian, and other languages all exerted more influence over the subsequent centuries.
    • Savenko has a fine presence, but in these opening acts he seemed somewhat inhibited, perhaps because of having to sing the role in English rather then his native Russian.

Origin

Mid 16th century: from medieval Latin Russianus.

 
 
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