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单词 Anglo
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Definition of Anglo in English:

Anglo

nounPlural Anglos ˈanɡləʊˈæŋɡloʊ
  • 1North American A white English-speaking person of British or northern European origin, in particular (in the US) as distinct from a Hispanic American or (in Canada) as distinct from a French-speaker.

    most of the Anglos who moved to Texas came from the Deep South
    there is a feeling among Anglos in Quebec that things will never be the same
    as modifier Anglo neighbourhoods
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The action helped to galvanize an image among Anglos of Mexico as a power hostile to their interests.
    • When Frost retires, would an Anglo replace him?
    • As an Indian agent in New Mexico in the 1850s, Carson had to balance competing desires and needs of Anglos, Apaches, Hispanos, Navajos, Pueblos, and Utes.
    • Africans and their American-born descendents had to acquiesce - at least in the presence of Anglos - to white hegemony and languish as subjugated docile beings.
    • He points to the profound cultural differences between Hispanics and Anglos.
    • Native Americans had dwelled for 11,000 years along the San Pedro with little impact, yet a mere 20 years was all that was needed for Anglos to wreak major changes.
    • This emphasis upon a shared European cultural and biological heritage allowed Anglos to claim the social privileges of whiteness for their Mexican spouses.
    • Hispanics are ‘more conservative, certainly’ than Anglos, he said.
    • Mexican Americans support American core values at least as much as Anglos do.
    • In 1903, the Clifton-Morenci strike arose from Mexican-American miners protesting racial prejudice in the mines, and a dual-wage system that paid Mexican miners less than Anglos for the same work.
    • This movie, like Ana Kokkinos' Head On a few years ago, shows that cultural difference in modern Australia is not just a matter of the Anglos and the Aborigines, but also the Anglos and the immigrant-descended European communities.
    • The lack of someone who provided high levels of mentoring among Hispanics compared to Anglos simultaneously may limit the Hispanic students' options in seeking alternative solutions to resolving personal and family problems.
    • The Anglos, the Filipinos and others who weren't directly affected also knew why it was important.
    • In Orange County, however, approximately 94 percent of Latinos and 99 percent of Anglos have telephones.
    • Such an opinion reflected a new racial sensibility among many Anglos in the Southwest.
    • However, Forst and Lehman have previously shown that Hispanics and Anglos did not differ significantly on most of the variables used in these analyses, and the magnitude of any differences was quite small.
    • First, Latin influence is hot right now… and most Anglos can't tell the difference between Spanish-fueled Latino and Brazil's Portuguese samba beat; it's all Latin America to them.
    • In the cab were three Mexican kids and a skinny Anglo from town wearing ruined Lee jeans, a dust-covered denim shirt, and a humongous cowboy hat.
    • Examining only women up to 44 years of age-the convention in most studies of fertility-may capture a majority of women during their peak years of fertility, but it leaves out more older women among Anglos than Latinas.
    • Middle-aged Anglos tend to describe it as a specific subset of the larger genre of Mexican food - one that involves yellow cheese enchiladas with chopped raw onions and chili gravy as served in San Antonio around 1955.
    1. 1.1Indian offensive An Anglo-Indian.
  • 2British informal A person selected for a Scottish, Irish, or Welsh national sports team who plays for an English club.

    the Scottish Grand Slam side had four or five Anglos
    Example sentencesExamples
    • And it raises fears that the Scots may also be denied Brown and three other Anglos for next summer's world cup qualifiers, also in Ireland.
    • Using his contacts in English football, he packed the national team with Anglos and instilled them with emotion.
    • The form of the Anglos comes as a timely boost for the Scottish Saltires, who play their National League debut against Durham Dynamos today.

Origin

Early 19th century: independent usage of Anglo-.

 
 

Definition of Anglo in US English:

Anglo

nounˈæŋɡloʊˈaNGɡlō
North American
  • A white, English-speaking American as distinct from a Hispanic American.

    as modifier Anglo neighborhoods
    Example sentencesExamples
    • This emphasis upon a shared European cultural and biological heritage allowed Anglos to claim the social privileges of whiteness for their Mexican spouses.
    • Native Americans had dwelled for 11,000 years along the San Pedro with little impact, yet a mere 20 years was all that was needed for Anglos to wreak major changes.
    • The lack of someone who provided high levels of mentoring among Hispanics compared to Anglos simultaneously may limit the Hispanic students' options in seeking alternative solutions to resolving personal and family problems.
    • In 1903, the Clifton-Morenci strike arose from Mexican-American miners protesting racial prejudice in the mines, and a dual-wage system that paid Mexican miners less than Anglos for the same work.
    • Hispanics are ‘more conservative, certainly’ than Anglos, he said.
    • However, Forst and Lehman have previously shown that Hispanics and Anglos did not differ significantly on most of the variables used in these analyses, and the magnitude of any differences was quite small.
    • As an Indian agent in New Mexico in the 1850s, Carson had to balance competing desires and needs of Anglos, Apaches, Hispanos, Navajos, Pueblos, and Utes.
    • In the cab were three Mexican kids and a skinny Anglo from town wearing ruined Lee jeans, a dust-covered denim shirt, and a humongous cowboy hat.
    • First, Latin influence is hot right now… and most Anglos can't tell the difference between Spanish-fueled Latino and Brazil's Portuguese samba beat; it's all Latin America to them.
    • Middle-aged Anglos tend to describe it as a specific subset of the larger genre of Mexican food - one that involves yellow cheese enchiladas with chopped raw onions and chili gravy as served in San Antonio around 1955.
    • This movie, like Ana Kokkinos' Head On a few years ago, shows that cultural difference in modern Australia is not just a matter of the Anglos and the Aborigines, but also the Anglos and the immigrant-descended European communities.
    • In Orange County, however, approximately 94 percent of Latinos and 99 percent of Anglos have telephones.
    • Such an opinion reflected a new racial sensibility among many Anglos in the Southwest.
    • The Anglos, the Filipinos and others who weren't directly affected also knew why it was important.
    • The action helped to galvanize an image among Anglos of Mexico as a power hostile to their interests.
    • When Frost retires, would an Anglo replace him?
    • Africans and their American-born descendents had to acquiesce - at least in the presence of Anglos - to white hegemony and languish as subjugated docile beings.
    • Examining only women up to 44 years of age-the convention in most studies of fertility-may capture a majority of women during their peak years of fertility, but it leaves out more older women among Anglos than Latinas.
    • Mexican Americans support American core values at least as much as Anglos do.
    • He points to the profound cultural differences between Hispanics and Anglos.

Origin

Early 19th century: independent usage of Anglo-.

 
 
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