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    When we call a woman Amazonian, we mean she is tall and strongly built, like a fighter. The picture in the word is the Amazons: in old Greek stories they were women warriors.

    When we call a woman Amazonian當我們說一個女生是 Amazonian, we mean she is tall and strongly built意思是她高大、體格強壯, like a fighter像個戰士. The picture in the word is the Amazons這個字的畫面來自 Amazons: in old Greek stories they were women warriors古希臘故事裡她們是女戰士.

    People use it of a real woman who looks powerful, athletic, or imposing — not merely confident, and not merely loud.

    People use it of a real woman who looks powerful, athletic, or imposing人們會用它形容一個看起來強壯、健美、有氣勢的真實女性 — not merely confident, and not merely loud不只是自信,也不只是大聲.

    It is usually an adjective: an Amazonian woman, Amazonian strength. You will also hear it as a kind of noun, an Amazonian, for a woman of that build, though that is less common. The tone is literary or a little old-fashioned; in ordinary talk people more often just say she is tall and strong.

    It is usually an adjective它通常是形容詞: an Amazonian woman, Amazonian strengthan Amazonian woman、Amazonian strength. You will also hear it as a kind of noun你也會聽到它當一種名詞用, an Amazonian, for a woman of that buildan Amazonian,指這種體格的女性, though that is less common不過這種用法比較少見. The tone is literary or a little old-fashioned語氣偏文學性或有點老派; in ordinary talk people more often just say she is tall and strong日常說話大家更常直接說她高又壯.

    Though actually, the same spelling is used for things of the Amazon rainforest (Amazonian jungle, Amazonian tribes), and that is a completely different meaning — same shape of word, different picture. This entry is the warrior-woman one.

    Though actually不過事實上, the same spelling is used for things of the Amazon rainforest一模一樣的拼法也用來講亞馬遜雨林的東西 (Amazonian jungle, Amazonian tribes)(Amazonian jungle、Amazonian tribes), and that is a completely different meaning意思完全不同 — same shape of word, different picture字形一樣,畫面不一樣. This entry這個詞條 is the warrior-woman one講的是女戰士的那個意思.

    例句逐字對照、搭配詞、易混淆字

    這一義的完整解析還沒打開。訂閱後可以看到例句怎麼拆、常跟哪些字一起出現, 以及容易跟它搞混的字。

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組成Amazon + -ian. Amazon is the name of the women warriors in the Greek stories; -ian makes a word meaning “of that kind” or “like that.”

同家族的字

  • Amazonthe warrior women this word is built from

原始詞典資料10 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

Amazonianadj/æməˈzoʊni.ən/

  • 1

    Of or relating to the Amazons; aggressive and warlike.

  • 2

    Having to do with the Amazon River in South America, and its surrounding region.

    • The new numbers, showing almost 10,000 sq kms were lost in the year to August, were released as emboldened farm owners scuffled with forest defenders in Altamira, the Amazonian city at the heart of the recent devastation.
  • 3

    Of or relating to the most recent Martian geological time period.

  • 4

    Of a woman, very tall, strong and athletic.

    • Women's tennis champions Maria Sharapova and Venus Williams are noted for their Amazonian physiques.
  • 5

    Requiring a huge amount of work; of extraordinary difficulty; Herculean.

    • It's to their credit that they are capable of such "transformations," as well as performing the amazonian task of surviving and working as a small theater.
    • Russian capitalism created an exploited economic class that was up against these common enemies at every turn and was forced to take on the Amazonian task of battling class rule, its ideology and state.
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    informalOf or relating to Amazon.com, Inc..

    • I’ve […] languidly sipped merlot while my Amazonian inamorato responds to a high-priority event.

Amazonianname/æməˈzoʊni.ən/

  • 1

    The Amazonian geological period.

Amazoniannoun/æməˈzoʊni.ən/

  • 1

    An Amazon.

  • 2

    informalAn employee of Amazon.com, Inc..

    • […] Amazonians like David Risher, who lead^([sic]) the first expansion into retail in the 1990s; Warren Jenson, Covey's short-lived successor as CFO; and Rick Dalzell, the former Army Ranger who was Amazon's CIO for a decade.
    • In a memo to his company’s 180,000 workers late Sunday, Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos called the practices depicted in the story as “shockingly callous,” but said: “The article doesn’t describe the Amazon I know or the caring Amazonians I work with every day.”

資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。