喜樂美語
  1. 1n/ʃaɪˈæn/ · /ʃaɪˈɛn/capital of Wyoming夏安市（美國懷俄明州首府）

    Cheyenne is the capital city of the US state of Wyoming. It was named after the Cheyenne people.

    城市名前面不加 the，也不加 -s：we stayed in Cheyenne。這個地名是以夏安族命名的，所以拼法和發音跟族名完全一樣。分辨靠句子，不靠字本身。看到 Cheyenne is in the south-east of the state，講的是城市。看到 the Cheyenne are a people of the plains，講的是民族。發音一樣是 shy-ANN。

    示範例句 · Example

    We changed buses in Cheyenne on the way to the mountains.

    中文翻譯我們在夏安市換了公車，在去山區的路上。

    City names take no the and no -s: we stayed in Cheyenne. Because the name came from the people, the same spelling and the same sound do both jobs, and only the sentence tells you which one is meant. If someone says Cheyenne is in the south-east of the state, that is the city; if they say the Cheyenne are a people of the plains, that is the group.

    常見搭配

    • in Cheyenne

      在夏安市

      in the city of Cheyenne

      They live in Cheyenne now.

    • the city of Cheyenne

      夏安這座城市

      Cheyenne, spoken of as a city

      The city of Cheyenne holds a festival every summer.

    用法接近

    DenverLaramieWyoming

  2. 2n/ʃaɪˈæn/ · /ʃaɪˈɛn/the Cheyenne people夏安族（美國原住民族）

    The Cheyenne are a Native American people of the Great Plains, in the west of the United States.

    英文講一個民族，常用 the + 名稱，後面不加 -s。所以整個族群就寫 the Cheyenne。他們住在美國西部的大平原一帶。後面的動詞用複數，因為一個民族是很多人。名字一定要大寫，民族名在英文裡不會用小寫。同一個字也用來指他們的語言。美國懷俄明州的首府也用這個名字命名。發音跟拼法差很多，唸起來像「shy-ANN」。

    English names many peoples with the + name and no -s, standing for the whole group: the Cheyenne. The verb after it is plural, because a people is many people: the Cheyenne have lived there a long time. The capital letter is not optional; names of peoples always keep it. The same name is also used for their language, and the capital city of Wyoming was named after them. The spelling hides the sound: say it shy-ANN, /ʃaɪˈæn/.

    常見搭配

    • the Cheyenne people

      夏安族這個民族

      the Cheyenne as a whole group

      The book tells the history of the Cheyenne people.

    • the Cheyenne language

      夏安語

      the language spoken by the Cheyenne

      She is studying the Cheyenne language at college.

    用法接近

    LakotaArapahoSioux

  3. 3n/ʃaɪˈæn/ · /ʃaɪˈɛn/a Cheyenne person夏安族人

    A person who belongs to the Cheyenne people.

    文法可數名詞：前面可以加 a/an，要表示複數時常常加 -s。

    這裡它就是一個普通的可數名詞：a Cheyenne，兩個人就是 two Cheyennes。跟講整個族群的用法差在這裡：講族群是 the Cheyenne，不加 -s。大寫一樣要留著。另外很常見的寫法，是把族名放在別的名詞前面，像 a Cheyenne writer、a Cheyenne family。

    Here the word works like an ordinary countable noun: a Cheyenne, two Cheyennes. That is the difference from the whole-group use, which takes the and no -s. The capital letter stays. Speakers also put the name in front of another noun, as in a Cheyenne writer or a Cheyenne family, and that is very common in modern writing.

    常見搭配

    • a Cheyenne family

      一個夏安族家庭

      a family belonging to the Cheyenne people

      A Cheyenne family moved in next door last spring.

    • a Cheyenne writer

      夏安族作家

      a writer who is Cheyenne

      The book was written by a Cheyenne writer.

    用法接近

    LakotaArapaho