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单词 oriental
释义

o·ri·en·tal

adjective
/ˌɔːriˈentl/
/ˌɔːriˈentl/
(old-fashioned, sometimes offensive)
  1. connected with or typical of the eastern part of the world, especially China and Japan, and the people who live there东方（尤指中国和日本）的；东方人的
    • oriental languages东方语言
    This term is now old-fashioned and can be offensive, as it suggests all people from East Asia are the same and is sometimes used in connection with stereotypes (= fixed but not accurate ideas about a group of people). You can use the term East Asian instead but it is better to be more specific if you can, for example by saying Chinese or Japanese.
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryOriental is used with these nouns:
    • carpet
    • medicine
    • rug
    • …
    Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin orientalis, from orient- ‘rising or east’, from oriri ‘to rise’.

O·ri·en·tal

noun
/ˌɔːriˈentl/
/ˌɔːriˈentl/
(old-fashioned, offensive)
  1. an offensive word for a person from China, Japan or another country in East Asia对来自中国、日本或东亚其他国家的人的冒犯性词语
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