- relating to or deriving from Asia（与）亚洲（有关）的, 源于亚洲的：
Asiatic coastal regions.
亚洲沿海国家。
- offensive an Asian person〈冒犯〉亚洲人。
USAGE
The standard and accepted term when referring to individual people is Asian rather than Asiatic, which can be offensive. However， Asiatic is standard in scientific and technical use， for example in biological and anthropological classifications. See usage at Asian.
词源
via Latin Asiaticus from Greek Asiatikos, from Asia （see ASIA）.