Ascians

英文词源


Ascians (n.)
inhabitants of the torrid zone, who "haue the Sunne twice euery yeere in their zenith, and then they make no shaddowes at all" [Nathanael Carpenter, "Geographie Delineated forth in Two Bookes," 1635], from Medieval Latin Ascii, from Greek askioi, from a- "not, without," privative prefix (see a- (3)), + skia "shade, shadow" (see shine (v.)).

双语例句


1. Traditionally young Asians in Britain have gravitated towards medicine, law and engineering.
英国的亚裔年轻人通常被吸引到医学、法律及工程专业。

来自柯林斯例句

2. British Asians have begun a campaign calling for an end to discrimination.
亚裔英国人发起了一项呼吁消除种族歧视的运动。

来自柯林斯例句

3. Most of Asians live on rice.
多数亚洲人以大米为主食.

来自《简明英汉词典》

4. Many Asians are migrating to the West.
许多亚洲人移民去了西方国家.

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5. Most of Asians are yellow.
大多数亚洲人都是黄皮肤.

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