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proto-indo-european

/proh-toh-in-doh-yoor-uh-pee-uhn/US // ˈproʊ toʊˌɪn doʊˌyʊər əˈpi ən //

原印欧语,原印欧语系,原始印欧语

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the unattested prehistoric parent language of the Indo-European languages; Indo-European.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : of or relating to Proto-Indo-European.

Examples

  • There are reasons that European countries tend to avoid fluoride.

  • We do see that a few European countries have them on the books: Germany, Poland, Italy, Ireland, a couple more.

  • In front of this strange structure are two blank-faced, well-dressed models showing off the latest in European minimalism.

  • But outside of a few European countries and Quebec, this leave is usually two weeks or less and usually unpaid.

  • Those who served abroad were treated with suspicion that they had been infected by European diplomacy.

  • We can readily see how this might have been, from numerous experiments made with both American and European varieties.

  • European tobacco is lacking in flavor and is less powerful than the tobacco of America.

  • These shipments in the past have been financed through credits drawn on European centers.

  • The flower stems on the American varieties are much longer than those of European tobaccos and also larger.

  • Hence it was that he found in Great Britain an implacable enemy ever stirring up against him European coalitions.