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An americano is a café coffee: (the small, very strong Italian coffee) with hot water poured in. You get a bigger cup than , still quite strong, but not as thick and intense. People order it by this name in coffee shops; you can also have it iced.
An americano美式咖啡americanois a café coffee是一種咖啡館的咖啡：espresso (the small, very strong Italian coffee)espresso（一種份量小、味道很濃的義大利咖啡）with hot water poured in裡面加了熱水。You get a bigger cup than espresso你拿到的杯子比espresso大，still quite strong味道還是很濃，but not as thick and intense但沒那麼濃厚強烈。People order it by this name大家在咖啡店就是用這個名字點它；you can also have it iced你也可以點冰的。
The name means “American” in Italian (and in American Spanish).
The name means這個名字的意思是"American" in Italian義大利文的「美國的」（and in American Spanish美洲西班牙文也是）。
The usual story is that American soldiers in Italy wanted their stretched with water, more like the long coffee they drank at home. Though actually, what many Americans drink at home is drip coffee, not this drink — an americano is the -bar way of getting something in that direction.
The usual story is一般的說法是that American soldiers in Italy在義大利的美國大兵，wanted their espresso stretched with water想把espresso加水稀釋一點，more like the long coffee they drank at home比較接近他們在家喝的那種淡一點的咖啡。Though actually不過事實上，what many Americans drink at home很多美國人在家喝的，is drip coffee其實是滴濾咖啡，not this drink不是這一種——an americano is the espresso-bar way of getting something in that directionamericano其實是義式咖啡吧想朝那個方向做出來的版本。
There is also a cocktail called an americano (with alcohol); if someone says “I’ll have an americano” in a café, they almost always mean the coffee.
There is also a cocktail called an americano還有一種調酒也叫americano（with alcohol含酒精）；if someone says如果有人在咖啡店說"I'll have an americano" in a café「我要一杯americano」，they almost always mean the coffee他們幾乎都是指咖啡。
In English the drink name is usually written with a small a, like or .
In English在英文裡，the drink name這個飲料名字is usually written with a small a通常是小寫開頭，like latte or cappuccino就像latte或cappuccino一樣。
原始詞典資料4 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。
Americanonoun
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An American.
- I hear that your people love the Americanos, so much even that they always yield to them, and would almost kiss their boots, which is not dignified for a great nation. Do the Americanos love your people? Have they not still in their pockets the surplus of the millions of pesetas given to them when they complained of the ship Alabama?
- On da Av’noo D near Ten street Peno wida all heesa granda, magnifique muscle was grind out Signor Tomaso Mascagni’s maestropiece, ‘Cavallierre Rusticana,’ when long coma half doz verra bad Americano kid wid da snowball.
americanonoun
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A drink made of espresso coffee diluted with hot water.
- Bond ordered an Americano and examined the sprinkling of over-dressed customers, mostly from Paris he guessed, who sat talking with focus and vivacity, creating that theatrically clubbable atmosphere of l'heure de l'apéritif.
- “No, the coffee. Do you want a cup of Americano?” I groaned. Welcome to Europe. “Can't I just get a cup of regular coffee? A little cream, a little sugar?” […] “An Americano is a shot of espresso with hot water added.” “I don't know why they call it Americano. No one in America drinks espresso and hot water.”
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A cocktail made with Campari, sweet vermouth, and club soda.
- The waiters wore striped waistcoats and green baize aprons. Bond ordered an Americano and examined the sprinkling of overdressed customers, mostly from Paris he guessed, who sat talking with focus and vivacity, creating that theatrically clubbable atmosphere of l'heure de l'aperitif.
- An Americano is made of Campari, sweet vermouth, and soda water over ice in a highball glass. […] The drink was so popular among Americans visiting Italy at the turn of the last century that it was named after them.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。