| 单词 | West Indian |
| 释义 | Indian /inˈdi-ən/adjectiveOf or belonging to India (with various boundaries) or its native population, or to the Indies (East or West), or to the indigenous peoples of America, or to the Indians of South Africa noun
ORIGIN: L India, from Indus (Gr Indos), the Indus (Pers Hind, Sans sindhu a river) Inˈdianist noun A person who has a scholarly knowledge of Indian languages, history, etc Indianizāˈtion or Indianisāˈtion noun Inˈdianize or Inˈdianise transitive verb
To become Indian or like an Indian Inˈdiaman noun (pl Inˈdiamen) A large ship employed in trade with India Indian agent noun In USA and Canada, an official who represents the government in the administration of native Indian affairs, esp on reservations Indian berry noun The fruit of Anamirta cocculus (see cocculus indicus under coccus) Indian bison noun A gaur Indian bread noun
Indian buffalo noun An Asiatic buffalo (see buffalo) Indian club noun A bottle-shaped block of wood, swung in various motions by the arms to develop the muscles Indian corn noun Maize, so called because brought from the West Indies Indian cress noun A garden plant (Tropaeolum majus, popularly nasturtium) from Peru, with orange flowers Indian fig noun
Indian file see under file1 Indian fire noun A firework used as a signal light, consisting of sulphur, realgar, and nitre Indian gift noun (N Am inf) A gift that is given and then taken back, or for which a return gift is expected Indian giver noun Indian giving noun Giving with the expectation of reciprocation Indian head massage noun A system of head massage that follows the principles of ayurveda, intended to reduce stress and improve the condition of the hair Indian hemp noun
indian ink or (N American) india ink see under ink Indian liquorice noun The jequirity or crab's-eye plant (Abrus precatorius) whose root is used as a substitute for liquorice Indian mallow noun A tall N American weed (Abutilon theophrasti) with small yellow flowers Indian meal noun Ground maize Indian medicine see ayurveda Indian millet noun Durra Indian pink noun Any of several American flowering plants, esp Spigelia marilandica Indian pipe noun A woodland plant (Monotropa uniflora) of N America, with a solitary drooping flower, not unlike a tobacco pipe Indian poke noun An American plant, white hellebore Indian red noun Red ochre, or native ferric oxide, formerly imported from the East as a red pigment, also made artificially Indian rice see zizania Indian rope-trick noun The supposed Indian trick of climbing an unsupported rope Indian runner noun A breed of domestic duck Indian shot noun A cosmopolitan tropical plant of the genus Canna, much cultivated for its flowers Indian sign noun A magic spell bringing bad luck Indian summer noun
Indian tobacco noun An American flowering plant (Lobelia inflata) with inflated seed pods Indian turnip noun An American araceous plant with a starchy tuber Indian wrestling noun
India paper noun
india-rubbˈer or India rubber noun
India rubber tree noun A rubber plant India shawl noun A Kashmir shawl East India Company A great chartered company formed for trading with India and the East Indies, the English Company, incorporated in 1600 and (having lost its power by 1858) dissolved in 1874 East Indian An inhabitant or native of the East Indies, usu applied to a Eurasian East Indies
Red Indian (now considered offensive) A member of the indigenous peoples of (esp North) America, a Native American West Indian A native or an inhabitant of the West Indies West Indies An archipelago stretching from Florida to Venezuela west /west/noun
Towards the west intransitive verb (archaic)To move or turn west ORIGIN: OE; cf L vesper westˈer noun A west wind or gale intransitive verbTo move or veer towards the west westˈering noun and adjective westˈerliness noun westˈerly adjective
A west wind westˈern or (obsolete except in place names) westˈer adjective
westˈerner noun (sometimes with cap) a native or inhabitant of the west westˈernism noun A form of expression or characteristic peculiar to the west westernizāˈtion or westernisāˈtion noun westˈernize or westˈernise transitive verb To give a western character to transitive verb and intransitive verbTo make or become like the people of Europe and America in customs, or like their institutions, practices or ideas westˈernmost, westˈmost or (obsolete) westˈermost adjective Situated furthest west westˈing noun
westˈward adverb Towards the west (also adjective and noun) westˈwardly adverb and adjective westˈwards adverb Westward westˈabout adverb Towards the west West Bank noun A territory to the west of the river Jordan and the Dead Sea, annexed by Israel from Jordan in 1967, a degree of autonomy being given to the majority Palestinian population in the 1990s West-Bankˈer noun An inhabitant of the West Bank westˈbound adjective Travelling in a westward direction westˈ-by-northˈ noun The direction midway between west and west-north-west westˈ-by-southˈ noun The direction midway between west and west-south-west West Country noun The south-western part of England West-country whipping noun (nautical) A rope-whipping method where a half knot is made alternately on each side, finished off with a reef knot West End noun
western blotting noun (immunology) see immunoblot under immune Western Church noun The Latin Church, having its doctrine and ritual from Rome, as distinguished from the Eastern or Greek Church Western Empire noun The western division of the later Roman Empire Western European Time noun One of the standard times used in Europe, being the same as Greenwich Mean Time (abbrev WET) Western Front noun The belt of land, running SE from the coast of Belgium through Rheims to Verdun, which lay between the German and Allied Forces in World War I western hemisphere noun (also with caps) the hemisphere of the world containing the Americas western hemlock noun A large evergreen conifer of NW America (Tsuga heterophylla) with drooping foliage Western Isles plural noun The Hebrides western roll noun (athletics) A style of high-jumping, taking off from the inside foot and clearing the bar face downwards western saddle noun (sometimes with cap) a stock saddle as used by cowboys, with a high pommel behind, and wide leather leg-protecting flaps western swing noun A style of country music combined with elements of jazz, popular in the 1930s Western Wall noun The Wailing Wall (qv under wail) West Highland (white) terrier noun A breed of small white terrier with a short stiff coat and small pointed ears West Indian, West Indies see under Indian westˈland noun The west (also adjective) westˈlander noun West Lothian question noun In political devolution, the issue raised by the fact that a region with its own assembly might also have a voice in a national parliament on matters concerning other areas, whereas other regions have a voice only in the national parliament West Nile virus noun An arthropod-borne virus which is a cause of severe meningitis and encephalitis in humans westˈ-north-westˈ noun The direction midway between west and north-west (also adjective and adverb) West Saxon noun A southern dialect of Old English, the chief literary dialect before the Norman Conquest West Side noun The western part of the city of New York westˈ-south-westˈ noun The direction midway between west and south-west (also adjective and adverb) go west
westward ho! To the west!, an old cry of London watermen travelling westwards |
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