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asian

/ey-zhuhn, ey-shuhn/US // ˈeɪ ʒən, ˈeɪ ʃən //UK // (ˈeɪʃən, ˈeɪʒən) //

亚洲人,亚裔,亚洲人的,亚洲的

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : of, belonging to, or characteristic of Asia or its inhabitants.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a native or inhabitant of Asia or a person of Asian descent.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • Today, the city is an Asian hipster outpost, with shopping malls, clothing boutiques, and mixologist-prepared cocktails.

  • Just 47 percent of Asian-Americans voted in the 2012 presidential election.

  • Asian-Americans may vote for Democrats now, but they are a highly persuadable—and growing—part of the electorate.

  • Asian-Americans are a group of persuadable swing voters, growing faster than any other group in America today.

  • In 1992, Republican George H.W. Bush won the Asian-American vote by 24 points.

  • We were close upon the Asian shore, and I put the helm down to go about.

  • Malagigi sat repenting in his Asian grotto, like S. Gerolamo in the pictures.

  • In remoter days Huns had swept through these passes, coming from Asian deserts to the pillage of Europe.

  • In Central Asian rugs we find the cone replaced by the pomegranate, and the tree of life becomes a pomegranate tree.

  • Taking it as it is, with the test of language added, nothing short of an Asian origin will account for it.