- 1n/ʃɔːˈniː/the Shawnee people肖尼族（整個族群）
Used with 'the': a Native American people who lived in the central Ohio valley until the United States government forced them to move to Oklahoma in the middle of the 19th century.
文法複數：這個意思要用複數形式。
這個用法指的是整個族群，不是某一個人。有兩個形式上的重點。第一，前面要加 the。第二，動詞用複數：the Shawnee were、the Shawnee have。另外也有 the Shawnees 這種加 s 的說法。他們原本住在俄亥俄河谷一帶中部。十九世紀中期，美國政府強迫他們遷往奧克拉荷馬。這個名字來自他們自己的語言，是族人本來的自稱，後來被英文借走。
示範例句 · Example
The Shawnee lived in the Ohio valley long before the town was built.
中文翻譯肖尼族住在俄亥俄河谷，遠在這個鎮被建起來之前。
This is the people as a whole, not one person. Two things about the form are worth holding on to. It takes 'the' in front, and it takes a plural verb: the Shawnee were, the Shawnee have. The plural 'the Shawnees' is also used. The name comes from the people's own language, so it is what they call themselves, taken into English.
常見搭配
the Shawnee
肖尼族這個族群
the people as a whole
The Shawnee have their own government offices today.
a Shawnee village
肖尼族的村子
a village of Shawnee people
A Shawnee village once stood beside the river.
- 2n/ʃɔːˈniː/one Shawnee person肖尼族人（一個人）
One person who belongs to the Shawnee people.
文法可數名詞：前面可以加 a/an，要表示複數時常常加 -s。
這是可數的用法：a Shawnee、two Shawnees。用法跟其他「某族群的一員」一樣。字首要大寫，因為它是從族名來的。要注意跟前一個意思分開：講一個人用 a Shawnee，講整個族群則是 the Shawnee，動詞還得用複數。判斷方法很簡單，看前面是 a 還是 the，以及後面接單數還是複數動詞。
This is the countable use: a Shawnee, two Shawnees. It works like other words for a member of a group. The word keeps its capital letter here, because it comes from the name of the people. When you mean the whole people rather than one person, English switches to the phrase 'the Shawnee' with a plural verb.
常見搭配
a Shawnee
一位肖尼族人
one member of the Shawnee people
His mother was a Shawnee.
Shawnees
（複數）肖尼族人
more than one member of the people
Several Shawnees were at the meeting.