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occident

/ok-si-duhnt/US // ˈɒk sɪ dənt //UK // (ˈɒksɪdənt) //

欧美,西方人,欧美国家,欧洲人

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the Occident, the West; the countries of Europe and America.Western Hemisphere.
    • : the west; the western regions.

Examples

  • Spacially, the trade relations of the ancient Phnicians extended over the whole of the known Occident.

  • In the Orient every man is producing as little as possible; in the Occident he is producing as much as possible.

  • He was of Armenian descent, a singular instance of a person of Oriental extraction rising to eminence in the Occident.

  • Can we not see Orient and Occident imaging themselves in their respective ideal products?

  • Turkish coffee by the way, is very different from the coffee of the Occident.