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afghan

/af-gan, -guhn/US // ˈæf gæn, -gən //UK // (ˈæfɡæn, -ɡən) //

阿富汗,阿芙蓉,阿富汗的,阿芙拉

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a native or inhabitant of Afghanistan.
    • : afghan, a soft woolen blanket, crocheted or knitted, usually in a geometric pattern.
    • : Also called Af·ghan hound . one of a breed of swift hunting hounds having a long, narrow head and a long, silky coat.
    • : Literary. Pashto.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : of Afghanistan or its people or language.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • They waved to some Afghan army soldiers who were accompanying Lorance’s troops.

  • The agency declined to comment on whether Afghan officials had a role in the decision.

  • The post This Afghan Crusader Should Have Beaten Obama for the Nobel appeared first on OZY.

  • Yet she rose to become one of the most consequential Afghan activists of the century.

  • The Afghan peace activist was the truly deserving candidate for the peace prize in 2009, rather than a rookie President Barack Obama.

  • “The Afghan Taliban are widely considered as freedom fighters in Pakistan and such attacks would hurt them,” says Kakar.

  • The ISI came to the CIA for assistance in fostering a revolt that had developed in the Afghan countryside against Communist rule.

  • The machismo of Afghan male culture apparently coexists with a little-noted passion for gardening.

  • That ruling was affirmed in a final judgment by the Afghan courts, which the Afghan Supreme Court confirmed in 2013.

  • It took more than a dozen years for the Afghan and NATO forces to really understand each other, but all that will soon be history.

  • The Afghan was true to his salt, and their own retainers, who had come with them from Lucknow, remained steadfast at this crisis.

  • She was, to be candid, knitting an afghan against an interesting event which involved a friend of hers.

  • Her last waking determination was to finish the afghan quickly and to knit for the men at the war.

  • Nothing pleases her so much as bright colors, so I want you to make her a gay afghan.

  • Mrs. Howard's eyes followed lovingly her two pretty nieces as they danced away to join the group around the afghan.