(亦作Oriental)
1
- of, from, or characteristic of the Far East远东的; 来自远东的：
oriental countries.
远东诸国。
1.1
Oriental
Zoology of, relating to, or denoting a zoogeographical region comprising Asia south of the Himalayas and Indonesia west of Wallace's line. Distinctive animals include pandas, gibbons, tree shrews, tarsiers, and moonrats.【动】（与）东方界（有关）的（该区包括喜马拉雅山以南的亚洲地区以及华莱士线以西的印度尼西亚, 特有动物包括大熊猫、长臂猿、树鼩、眼镜猴,以及刺毛鼩猬）。
2
- (of a pearl or other jewel) orient（珍珠或其他珠宝）有光泽的。
- often offensive a person of Far Eastern descent〈常冒犯〉有远东血统的人, 远东人。
USAGE
The term oriental has an out-of-date feel as a term denoting people from the Far East; it tends to be associated with a rather offensive stereotype of the people and their customs as inscrutable and exotic. In US English, Asian is the standard accepted term in modern use; in British English, where Asian tends to denote people from the Indian subcontinent, specific terms such as Chinese or Japanese are more likely to be used.
派生词
orientalism
nounorientalist
nounorientalize
（亦作-ise）verborientally
adverb词源
late Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin orientalis, from orient- （see ORIENT）.