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Uruguayan works two ways. As an adjective it means "of Uruguay" — Uruguayan beef, a Uruguayan passport, the Uruguayan coast. As a noun it means a person from Uruguay: "she's a Uruguayan", "three Uruguayans were on the team".
Uruguayan works two ways有兩種用法。As an adjective it means "of Uruguay"當形容詞時意思是「烏拉圭的」——Uruguayan beef烏拉圭牛肉、a Uruguayan passport烏拉圭護照、the Uruguayan coast烏拉圭海岸。As a noun it means a person from Uruguay當名詞時指烏拉圭人："she's a Uruguayan"她是烏拉圭人、"three Uruguayans were on the team"隊上有三個烏拉圭人。
Like all nationality words in English it keeps its capital letter even in the middle of a sentence, which is different from Chinese and easy to forget. Say it "yoor-uh-GWY-un" or "yoor-uh-GWAY-un".
Like all nationality words in English跟英文所有國籍字一樣，it keeps its capital letter even in the middle of a sentence就算在句子中間也要大寫，which is different from Chinese and easy to forget這點跟中文不一樣，很容易忘記。Say it唸法是 "yoor-uh-GWY-un" or "yoor-uh-GWAY-un""yoor-uh-GWY-un"或"yoor-uh-GWAY-un"。
Being a nationality word it is neutral and safe — no hidden feeling in it, good or bad. One small thing worth knowing: Uruguayans are often lumped in with Argentinians by outsiders, and they generally do not love that, the way people feel about being called something else.
Being a nationality word因為是國籍字，it is neutral and safe很中性、很安全——no hidden feeling in it, good or bad沒有藏什麼好壞的感覺。One small thing worth knowing有件小事值得知道：Uruguayans are often lumped in with Argentinians by outsiders外人常把烏拉圭人跟阿根廷人搞混，and they generally do not love that而他們通常不喜歡這樣，the way Taiwanese people feel about being called something else就像台灣人被叫成別的什麼時的感覺一樣。
組成Uruguay + -an. That -an is the ordinary English ending for "belonging to a place or group": it came through Old French and Middle English from Latin -ānus. It is the same ending that turns America into American and Italy into Italian.
原始詞典資料2 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。
Uruguayannoun/ˌjʊəɹəˈɡwaɪən/
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A person from Uruguay or of Uruguayan descent.
- Everton were, perhaps understandably, deflated at the setback and it was no surprise when Suarez added Liverpool's second after 82 minutes. Distin and Baines were involved in a mix-up as the Uruguayan advanced into the area, and he was not about to pass up the gift to shoot low past Howard.
Uruguayanadj/ˌjʊəɹəˈɡwaɪən/
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Of, from, or pertaining to Uruguay, the Uruguayan people or the Uruguayan language.
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。