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afro

/af-roh/US // ˈæf roʊ //UK // (ˈæfrəʊ) //

非洲人,非洲的,非洲裔,非洲裔美国人

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural Af·ros.

    • : a hairstyle originating with Black people, in which naturally curly or frizzy hair is cut into a full, bushy shape all over the head.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : of or relating to African Americans or to Black traditions, culture, etc.: Afro societies.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • Erdoğan’s Turkey has begun to call itself an Afro-Eurasian state.

  • I was a dorky Indo-English kid with a South Asian afro, and he was the all-American type, on the baseball team, et cetera.

  • Tarantino still had his heart set on the Afro, but then Jackson stepped in.

  • They saw him in his 30s, sporting a huge Afro and smoking a big cigar on The Dick Cavett Show.

  • Equally incisive were Danny Welbeck and Daniel Sturridge, and the three young Afro-Englishmen electrified the game.

  • During the ride, Jai Johany plays lacy Afro jazz on a cassette machine, frowning, saying nothing.

  • Dolores could not understand their low conversation in English—and Afro-Americanese!

  • Many other eminent men have shared the same opinion, and not a few prominent leaders among the Afro-American people.

  • Graveyard rabbits, when indubitably known to be such, decorate no Afro-American skillet.

  • The evolution of the Afro-American soldier was the work of a short period and suffered many interruptions.

  • An Afro-Asian with skin like dark honey and smooth, pleasant, rather flat features.