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An Anglo-Indian is someone whose family is mixed British and Indian — British on one side, Indian on the other, or a longer mix of the two. In India this is also the name of a recognised community, with its own food, churches, schools, and memory of the years when Britain ruled India.
An Anglo-Indian「Anglo-Indian」 is someone whose family is mixed British and Indian是指家族混有英國和印度血統的人 — British on one side, Indian on the other一邊是英國人一邊是印度人, or a longer mix of the two或是兩邊混得更久遠。In India在印度 this is also the name of a recognised community這也是一個受承認的族群名稱, with its own food, churches, schools有自己的食物、教會、學校, and memory of the years when Britain ruled India還有英國統治印度那段歲月的共同記憶
The word is a noun and an adjective: an Anglo-Indian family, Anglo-Indian cooking. It can also mean things that join Britain and India, as in Anglo-Indian relations or Anglo-Indian trade.
The word這個字 is a noun and an adjective是名詞也是形容詞: an Anglo-Indian family像 an Anglo-Indian family, Anglo-Indian cooking或 Anglo-Indian cooking。It它 can also mean things that join Britain and India也可以指連結英國和印度的事物, as in Anglo-Indian relations or Anglo-Indian trade像 Anglo-Indian relations(英印關係)或 Anglo-Indian trade(英印貿易)
Though actually, older books sometimes used Anglo-Indian for a British person living in India, even with no Indian family at all. That older use is easy to mix up with the mixed-family sense, so careful writers now say which they mean.
Though actually不過其實, older books舊書裡 sometimes used Anglo-Indian for a British person living in India有時候把 Anglo-Indian 用來指住在印度的英國人, even with no Indian family at all即使完全沒有印度血統。That older use這個較舊的用法 is easy to mix up with the mixed-family sense容易跟混血族群的意思搞混, so careful writers now say which they mean所以謹慎的作者現在會講清楚自己指的是哪一個
It is a normal, slightly formal word; in India it can be how people name their own community, not a label stuck on from outside.
It它 is a normal, slightly formal word是個普通、稍微正式的字; in India在印度 it can be how people name their own community這可以是族群自己使用的稱呼, not a label stuck on from outside而不是外人貼上去的標籤
組成From Anglo- (English / British) + Indian.
同家族的字
- Indianthe second half; a person or thing from India
- Anglo-Catholicsame Anglo- start, meaning English or British
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。
Anglo-Indiannoun
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A person with mixed Indian and English or British ancestry.
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historicalA person of English or British citizenship or ancestry living in India.
Anglo-Indianadj
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Of, relating to, or between India and England or Britain.
- Anglo-Indian relations
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historicalOf or relating to British or Company rule in India.
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。