Indian

adj.印度的；印第安人的

n.印度人；印第安人

noun

1. 印度人
   a person from India
2. 印度人
   a person from India
3. （非因纽特人或米提人的）加拿大土著；加拿大印第安人
   a Native Canadian who is not Inuit or Metis

adj. 印度的；印第安人的；印第安语的 n. 印度人；印第安人；印第安语

名词复数形式:indians

Indian 印度人，印第安人

来自波斯语Hindu,河流名，后用于指整个印度。后该词也用来指美洲的土著印第安人，来自16世纪哥伦布初到美洲大陆时误以为到了印度大陆，因此便称当地土著人为印度人，更准确的说法为American Indian.

1. The South American Indians have been cooking and eating potatoes for well over two thousand years.
   南美印第安人烹调食用土豆已有2000多年的历史了。
2. The future quality of West Indian cricket looks promising
   西印度群岛的板球运动看起来前景光明。
3. Sri Lankans share a common ancestry with their Indian brethren.
   斯里兰卡人和他们的印度兄弟有共同的祖先。
4. The caste system shapes nearly every facet of Indian life.
   种姓制度几乎影响着印度生活的方方面面。
5. She was born at Ambala, India, her family being closely connected with the Indian army.
   她出生在印度的安巴拉，她们家族与印度军队关系甚密。
6. The whole affair is bound to be taken into consideration when the Indian side is picked
   如果选的是印度一方，整个事件必定会纳入考虑范围之中。
7. A cyclone in the Bay of Bengal is threatening the eastern Indian states.
   发生在孟加拉湾的飓风正威胁着印度东部各邦。
8. Their sole aim is to destabilize the Indian government.
   他们唯一的目标就是要破坏印度政府的稳定。
9. We hiked the Grand Canyon, exploring Indian cliff dwellings.
   我们去大峡谷徒步旅行，探究印第安人的崖居。
10. Last Friday she entranced the audience with her classical Indian singing.
    上周五她演唱的经典印度歌曲让听众如痴如醉。
11. He married a young lady of Indian extraction.
    他娶了一位年轻的印度裔女子。
12. He was one of the world's foremost scholars of ancient Indian culture
    他是世界上最杰出的古印第安文化研究者之一。
13. These exquisitely ornate boxes and cabinets have been handmade and hand-painted by Indian craftspeople.
    这些精美华丽的箱子和柜子都是印度工匠手工制作并彩绘的。
14. He said he wanted 'to establish a rapport with the Indian people'
    他说他想“同印度人民建立友好关系”。
15. They battled against other Indian tribes, but rarely fought with the whites
    他们同其他印第安部落作战，但很少与白人并肩对敌。
16. Pakistan has still not issued an official rebuttal to the latest Indian statements.
    巴基斯坦仍然没有对最近印度发表的声明进行官方驳斥。
17. It is a tale which has often been retold within West Indian literature.
    这是西印度群岛文学中广为流传的故事。
18. The owl is sacred for many Californian Indian people.
    对于很多加利福尼亚的印第安人而言，猫头鹰是圣物。
19. The programme is 90 minutes of dynamic Indian folk dance, live music and storytelling.
    该节目为90分钟，其中有动感印度民间舞蹈、现场音乐表演和说书。
20. The novel is an intensely lyrical stream-of-consciousness about an Indian woman who leaves her family home to be married
    这部小说是一部意识流作品，描绘了一个为出嫁而离家的印度女人内心强烈的情感。
21. The inn gift shop stocks quality Indian crafts and sundries.
    旅馆的礼品店里备有上好的印度手工艺品和其他一些特色礼品。
22. She met people in London who were sympathetic to the Indian freedom struggle
    她在伦敦结识了一些支持印度独立运动的人。
23. He tensed as the big West Indian gripped his shoulder
    那个大块头西印度群岛土著人抓住他的肩膀时，他浑身紧张起来。
24. Indian skins age far more slowly than American or Italian ones.
    印度人的皮肤比美国人或意大利人的皮肤衰老得慢得多。
25. The appeal in Miller's pictures of Indian women is undercut at times by what the artist writes about them
    米勒画作中印第安妇女的魅力有时会被艺术家的文字描述削弱。
26. There is enormous, acknowledged and untapped potential in the Indian stock markets.
    印度的股票市场蕴含着巨大的、公认的、尚未挖掘出来的潜力。
27. Ludo is a version of an ancient Indian racing game
    鲁多是由一种古印度竞赛游戏演变而来。
28. The very basis of Indian politics has been transformed
    甚至于印度的政治基础都被改变了。
29. All the Indian batsmen played well
    所有印度击球手都打得不错。
30. His Indian robes contrasted oddly with his fluent English.
    他的印度长袍与他流利的英语形成奇特的对照。