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单词 ethnic
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ethnic

adjective
 OPAL W
/ˈeθnɪk/
/ˈeθnɪk/
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  1.  
    connected with or belonging to a nation or people that shares a cultural tradition
    • ethnic groups/communities
    • ethnic strife/tensions/violence (= between people from different races or peoples)
    • There are continuing ethnic tensions in the region.
    • ethnic Albanians living in Germany
    • The country is divided along ethnic lines.
    see also multi-ethnic
    Extra Examples
    • The conference strongly condemned the practice of ethnic cleansing.
    • The school has 70% of ethnic minority students.
    • This region of Bulgaria has a large ethnic Turkish population.
    Topics People in societyb2
  2.  
    typical of a country or culture that is very different from modern Western culture and therefore interesting for people in Western countries
    • ethnic clothes/jewellery/cooking
    Extra Examples
    • There has been an explosion in the popularity of ethnic crafts.
    • There was a stall selling ethnic jewellery from Afghanistan.
    • the rising popularity of ethnic foods
  3. Word Originlate Middle English (denoting a person not of the Christian or Jewish faith): via ecclesiastical Latin from Greek ethnikos ‘heathen’, from ethnos ‘nation’. Current senses date from the 19th cent.

ethnic

noun
/ˈeθnɪk/
/ˈeθnɪk/
(especially North American English, old-fashioned, often offensive)
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  1. a person from an ethnic minority
    • states where there are a large number of ethnics
    Topics People in societyc2
    Word Originlate Middle English (denoting a person not of the Christian or Jewish faith): via ecclesiastical Latin from Greek ethnikos ‘heathen’, from ethnos ‘nation’. Current senses date from the 19th cent.
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