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Texan is the word for a person from Texas, and also the adjective for anything belonging to Texas — a Texan accent, Texan beef, the Texan flag. Texas itself is a huge state in the south of the US, sharing a long border with Mexico, known for oil and gas, cattle, and cities like Houston, Dallas, San Antonio, Austin and El Paso.
Texan is the word for a person from TexasTexan指的是來自德州的人, and also the adjective for anything belonging to Texas也是屬於德州的東西的形容詞: a Texan accent, Texan beef, the Texan flag德州腔、德州牛肉、德州州旗. Texas itself is a huge state in the south of the US德州本身是美國南部的一個大州, sharing a long border with Mexico跟墨西哥有很長的邊界, known for oil and gas, cattle, and cities like Houston, Dallas, San Antonio, Austin and El Paso以石油天然氣、牛隻，以及休士頓、達拉斯、聖安東尼奧、奧斯汀、艾爾帕索這些城市聞名
The word carries feeling, not just facts. Texas was its own country for nine years before joining the US in 1845, and Texans have never quite let that go; 'I'm a Texan' is often said with more pride than 'I'm an American'. So when a writer calls someone 'a real Texan', they usually mean more than a place of birth — they mean big, plain-spoken, independent, maybe wearing boots. That picture is a stereotype, and Texans themselves both enjoy it and complain about it, since most of them live in large modern cities and have never touched a horse.
The word carries feeling, not just facts這個字帶著感情，不只是陳述事實. Texas was its own country for nine years before joining the US in 1845德州在1845年加入美國之前，曾經獨立建國九年, and Texans have never quite let that go德州人始終沒有完全放下這件事; 'I'm a Texan' is often said with more pride than 'I'm an American'講「我是德州人」時的驕傲，往往比講「我是美國人」更多. So when a writer calls someone 'a real Texan'所以當作者說某人是「真正的德州人」, they usually mean more than a place of birth通常指的不只是出生地, they mean big, plain-spoken, independent, maybe wearing boots而是高大、講話直、獨立自主，可能還穿著靴子. That picture is a stereotype這種印象是刻板印象, and Texans themselves both enjoy it and complain about it德州人自己既享受也抱怨這個印象, since most of them live in large modern cities and have never touched a horse畢竟他們大多住在現代化的大城市，根本沒碰過馬
Watch the spelling change: Texas ends in -as, but the person is a Texan, with one 's' dropped. Both the noun and the adjective always take a capital T.
Watch the spelling change注意拼法的變化: Texas ends in -asTexas結尾是-as, but the person is a Texan, with one 's' dropped但指人的時候是Texan，少了一個s. Both the noun and the adjective always take a capital T不管是名詞還是形容詞，開頭T都要大寫
組成Texas + the ending -an, which turns a place name into 'a person from there' or 'belonging to there'. That -an came into English through French from Latin -anus, and it is the same ending in American, Korean and Italian.
原始詞典資料3 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。
Texanadj/ˈtɛksən/
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Of or pertaining to the inhabitants of the U.S. state of Texas.
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Of or pertaining to the U.S. state of Texas in general.
Texannoun/ˈtɛksən/
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A native or inhabitant of the state of Texas, United States.
- Cruz was obviously analogizing Bernie Sanders to the Bolsheviks and Hillary Clinton to the Mensheviks. The oleaginous Texan is an erudite slyboots, but his history is off-kilter.
- In 2012, over three million Texans voted Democrat.
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。