On American forms, Caucasian is often a box you tick to mean a white person: someone with pale skin, usually of European family background. That is the meaning you will meet in the US, in police talk, and in older textbooks.

On American forms在美國的表格上，Caucasian is often a box you tick to mean a white personCaucasian常常是一個可以勾選、意思是白人的選項：someone with pale skin, usually of European family background指皮膚白皙、通常是歐洲家族背景的人。That is the meaning you will meet in the US, in police talk, and in older textbooks這是你在美國、警方用語，和比較舊的教科書裡會遇到的意思。

Though actually it is a messy word, and scientists do not use it this way any more.

Though actually it is a messy word不過其實這是個很混亂的字，and scientists do not use it this way any more科學家現在已經不這樣用了。

It comes from the Caucasus, the mountains between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea. A German doctor in the 1700s, Blumenbach, put white people in a group he named Caucasian because he believed the first humans, or the most beautiful skulls, came from there. That story is not science now.

It comes from the Caucasus它來自Caucasus（高加索），the mountains between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea就是黑海和裏海之間的山脈。A German doctor in the 1700s, Blumenbach一位1700年代的德國醫生Blumenbach（布魯門巴赫），put white people in a group he named Caucasian把白人歸為一組，命名為Caucasian，because he believed the first humans, or the most beautiful skulls, came from there因為他相信最早的人類，或是最美的頭骨，來自那裡。That story is not science now這個說法現在已經不算科學。

People who really live in the Caucasus — Georgians, Armenians, Chechens, and many others — are Caucasian in the geographic sense, and they are not one race, and they are not what a US form means by that tick-box.

People who really live in the Caucasus真正住在Caucasus的人 — Georgians, Armenians, Chechens, and many others像喬治亞人、亞美尼亞人、車臣人等許多民族 — are Caucasian in the geographic sense在地理意義上是Caucasian，and they are not one race而且他們不是同一個種族，and they are not what a US form means by that tick-box也不是美國表格上那個勾選項所指的意思。

In Britain people more often just say white. In careful talk, many prefer white too, because Caucasian pretends to be a scientific race name when it is not.

In Britain people more often just say white在英國，大家比較常直接說white。In careful talk在比較講究的用語裡，many prefer white too很多人也偏好用white，because Caucasian pretends to be a scientific race name when it is not因為Caucasian裝得像個科學的種族名稱，但其實不是。

There is also a joke sense: in the film The Big Lebowski, a White Russian cocktail is called a Caucasian. That is a drink, not a person.

There is also a joke sense還有一個玩笑的用法：in the film The Big Lebowski在電影《謀殺綠腳趾》裡，a White Russian cocktail is called a CaucasianWhite Russian這款雞尾酒被叫做Caucasian。That is a drink, not a person這是指一杯酒，不是指人。