hyphenated American
noun
- US informal an American citizen who can trace their ancestry to another, specified part of the world, such as an African American or an Irish American (so called because terms like African American are often written with a hyphen)〈美, 非正式〉归化入籍的美国公民（其先祖来自世界的其他特定地区, 如非洲裔美国人、爱尔兰裔美国人, 如此称谓是因为African American 等词常以连字号连接）。