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 Indian ['ɪndɪən]   添加此单词到默认生词本
n. 印度人, 印第安人, 印第安语

a. 印度的, 印度群岛的, 印第安语的




    indian
    [ noun ]
    1. a member of the race of people living in America when Europeans arrived

    2. <noun.person>
    3. a native or inhabitant of India

    4. <noun.person>
    5. any of the languages spoken by Amerindians

    6. <noun.communication>
    [ adj ]
    1. of or relating to or characteristic of India or the East Indies or their peoples or languages or cultures

    2. <adj.pert>
      the Indian subcontinent
      Indian saris
    3. of or pertaining to American Indians or their culture or languages

    4. <adj.pert>
      Native American religions
      Indian arrowheads


    Indian \In"di*an\ (?; 277), a. [From India, and this fr. Indus,
    the name of a river in Asia, L. Indus, Gr. ?, OPers. Hindu,
    name of the land on the Indus, Skr. sindhu river, the Indus.
    Cf. {Hindu}.]
    1. Of or pertaining to India proper; also to the East Indies,
    or, sometimes, to the West Indies.

    2. Of or pertaining to the aborigines, or Indians, of
    America; as, Indian wars; the Indian tomahawk.

    3. Made of maize or Indian corn; as, Indian corn, Indian
    meal, Indian bread, and the like. [U.S.]

    {Indian} bay (Bot.), a lauraceous tree ({Persea Indica}).

    {Indian bean} (Bot.), a name of the catalpa.

    {Indian berry}. (Bot.) Same as {Cocculus indicus}.

    {Indian bread}. (Bot.) Same as {Cassava}.

    {Indian club}, a wooden club, which is swung by the hand for
    gymnastic exercise.

    {Indian cordage}, cordage made of the fibers of cocoanut
    husk.

    {Indian cress} (Bot.), nasturtium. See {Nasturtium}, 2.

    {Indian cucumber} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Medeola}
    ({Medeola Virginica}), a common in woods in the United
    States. The white rootstock has a taste like cucumbers.

    {Indian currant} (Bot.), a plant of the genus
    {Symphoricarpus} ({Symphoricarpus vulgaris}), bearing
    small red berries.

    {Indian dye}, the puccoon.

    {Indian fig}. (Bot.)
    (a) The banyan. See {Banyan}.
    (b) The prickly pear.

    {Indian file}, single file; arrangement of persons in a row
    following one after another, the usual way among Indians
    of traversing woods, especially when on the war path.

    {Indian fire}, a pyrotechnic composition of sulphur, niter,
    and realgar, burning with a brilliant white light.

    {Indian grass} (Bot.), a coarse, high grass ({Chrysopogon
    nutans}), common in the southern portions of the United
    States; wood grass. --Gray.

    {Indian hemp}. (Bot.)
    (a) A plant of the genus {Apocynum} ({Apocynum
    cannabinum}), having a milky juice, and a tough,
    fibrous bark, whence the name. The root it used in
    medicine and is both emetic and cathartic in
    properties.
    (b) The variety of common hemp ({Cannabis Indica}), from
    which hasheesh is obtained.

    {Indian mallow} (Bot.), the velvet leaf ({Abutilon
    Avicenn[ae]}). See {Abutilon}.

    {Indian meal}, ground corn or maize. [U.S.]

    {Indian millet} (Bot.), a tall annual grass ({Sorghum
    vulgare}), having many varieties, among which are broom
    corn, Guinea corn, durra, and the Chinese sugar cane. It
    is called also {Guinea corn}. See {Durra}.

    {Indian ox} (Zo["o]l.), the zebu.

    {Indian paint}. See {Bloodroot}.

    {Indian paper}. See {India paper}, under {India}.

    {Indian physic} (Bot.), a plant of two species of the genus
    {Gillenia} ({Gillenia trifoliata}, and {Gillenia
    stipulacea}), common in the United States, the roots of
    which are used in medicine as a mild emetic; -- called
    also {American ipecac}, and {bowman's root}. --Gray.

    {Indian pink}. (Bot.)
    (a) The Cypress vine ({Ipom[oe]a Quamoclit}); -- so called
    in the West Indies.
    (b) See {China pink}, under {China}.

    {Indian pipe} (Bot.), a low, fleshy herb ({Monotropa
    uniflora}), growing in clusters in dark woods, and having
    scalelike leaves, and a solitary nodding flower. The whole
    plant is waxy white, but turns black in drying.

    {Indian plantain} (Bot.), a name given to several species of
    the genus {Cacalia}, tall herbs with composite white
    flowers, common through the United States in rich woods.
    --Gray.

    {Indian poke} (Bot.), a plant usually known as the {white
    hellebore} ({Veratrum viride}).

    {Indian pudding}, a pudding of which the chief ingredients
    are Indian meal, milk, and molasses.

    {Indian purple}.
    (a) A dull purple color.
    (b) The pigment of the same name, intensely blue and
    black.

    {Indian red}.
    (a) A purplish red earth or pigment composed of a silicate
    of iron and alumina, with magnesia. It comes from the
    Persian Gulf. Called also {Persian red}.
    (b) See {Almagra}.

    {Indian rice} (Bot.), a reedlike water grass. See {Rice}.

    {Indian shot} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Canna} ({Canna
    Indica}). The hard black seeds are as large as swan shot.
    See {Canna}.

    {Indian summer}, in the United States, a period of warm and
    pleasant weather occurring late in autumn. See under
    {Summer}.

    {Indian tobacco} (Bot.), a species of {Lobelia}. See
    {Lobelia}.

    {Indian turnip} (Bot.), an American plant of the genus
    {Aris[ae]ma}. {Aris[ae]ma triphyllum} has a wrinkled
    farinaceous root resembling a small turnip, but with a
    very acrid juice. See {Jack in the Pulpit}, and
    {Wake-robin}.

    {Indian wheat}, maize or Indian corn.

    {Indian yellow}.
    (a) An intense rich yellow color, deeper than gamboge but
    less pure than cadmium.
    (b) See {Euxanthin}.


    Indian \In"di*an\ (?; 277), a. [From India, and this fr. Indus,
    the name of a river in Asia, L. Indus, Gr. ?, OPers. Hindu,
    name of the land on the Indus, Skr. sindhu river, the Indus.
    Cf. {Hindu}.]
    1. Of or pertaining to India proper; also to the East Indies,
    or, sometimes, to the West Indies.

    2. Of or pertaining to the aborigines, or Indians, of
    America; as, Indian wars; the Indian tomahawk.

    3. Made of maize or Indian corn; as, Indian corn, Indian
    meal, Indian bread, and the like. [U.S.]

    {Indian} bay (Bot.), a lauraceous tree ({Persea Indica}).

    {Indian bean} (Bot.), a name of the catalpa.

    {Indian berry}. (Bot.) Same as {Cocculus indicus}.

    {Indian bread}. (Bot.) Same as {Cassava}.

    {Indian club}, a wooden club, which is swung by the hand for
    gymnastic exercise.

    {Indian cordage}, cordage made of the fibers of cocoanut
    husk.

    {Indian cress} (Bot.), nasturtium. See {Nasturtium}, 2.

    {Indian cucumber} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Medeola}
    ({Medeola Virginica}), a common in woods in the United
    States. The white rootstock has a taste like cucumbers.

    {Indian currant} (Bot.), a plant of the genus
    {Symphoricarpus} ({Symphoricarpus vulgaris}), bearing
    small red berries.

    {Indian dye}, the puccoon.

    {Indian fig}. (Bot.)
    (a) The banyan. See {Banyan}.
    (b) The prickly pear.

    {Indian file}, single file; arrangement of persons in a row
    following one after another, the usual way among Indians
    of traversing woods, especially when on the war path.

    {Indian fire}, a pyrotechnic composition of sulphur, niter,
    and realgar, burning with a brilliant white light.

    {Indian grass} (Bot.), a coarse, high grass ({Chrysopogon
    nutans}), common in the southern portions of the United
    States; wood grass. --Gray.

    {Indian hemp}. (Bot.)
    (a) A plant of the genus {Apocynum} ({Apocynum
    cannabinum}), having a milky juice, and a tough,
    fibrous bark, whence the name. The root it used in
    medicine and is both emetic and cathartic in
    properties.
    (b) The variety of common hemp ({Cannabis Indica}), from
    which hasheesh is obtained.

    {Indian mallow} (Bot.), the velvet leaf ({Abutilon
    Avicenn[ae]}). See {Abutilon}.

    {Indian meal}, ground corn or maize. [U.S.]

    {Indian millet} (Bot.), a tall annual grass ({Sorghum
    vulgare}), having many varieties, among which are broom
    corn, Guinea corn, durra, and the Chinese sugar cane. It
    is called also {Guinea corn}. See {Durra}.

    {Indian ox} (Zo["o]l.), the zebu.

    {Indian paint}. See {Bloodroot}.

    {Indian paper}. See {India paper}, under {India}.

    {Indian physic} (Bot.), a plant of two species of the genus
    {Gillenia} ({Gillenia trifoliata}, and {Gillenia
    stipulacea}), common in the United States, the roots of
    which are used in medicine as a mild emetic; -- called
    also {American ipecac}, and {bowman's root}. --Gray.

    {Indian pink}. (Bot.)
    (a) The Cypress vine ({Ipom[oe]a Quamoclit}); -- so called
    in the West Indies.
    (b) See {China pink}, under {China}.

    {Indian pipe} (Bot.), a low, fleshy herb ({Monotropa
    uniflora}), growing in clusters in dark woods, and having
    scalelike leaves, and a solitary nodding flower. The whole
    plant is waxy white, but turns black in drying.

    {Indian plantain} (Bot.), a name given to several species of
    the genus {Cacalia}, tall herbs with composite white
    flowers, common through the United States in rich woods.
    --Gray.

    {Indian poke} (Bot.), a plant usually known as the {white
    hellebore} ({Veratrum viride}).

    {Indian pudding}, a pudding of which the chief ingredients
    are Indian meal, milk, and molasses.

    {Indian purple}.
    (a) A dull purple color.
    (b) The pigment of the same name, intensely blue and
    black.

    {Indian red}.
    (a) A purplish red earth or pigment composed of a silicate
    of iron and alumina, with magnesia. It comes from the
    Persian Gulf. Called also {Persian red}.
    (b) See {Almagra}.

    {Indian rice} (Bot.), a reedlike water grass. See {Rice}.

    {Indian shot} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Canna} ({Canna
    Indica}). The hard black seeds are as large as swan shot.
    See {Canna}.

    {Indian summer}, in the United States, a period of warm and
    pleasant weather occurring late in autumn. See under
    {Summer}.

    {Indian tobacco} (Bot.), a species of {Lobelia}. See
    {Lobelia}.

    {Indian turnip} (Bot.), an American plant of the genus
    {Aris[ae]ma}. {Aris[ae]ma triphyllum} has a wrinkled
    farinaceous root resembling a small turnip, but with a
    very acrid juice. See {Jack in the Pulpit}, and
    {Wake-robin}.

    {Indian wheat}, maize or Indian corn.

    {Indian yellow}.
    (a) An intense rich yellow color, deeper than gamboge but
    less pure than cadmium.
    (b) See {Euxanthin}.


    Indian \In"di*an\ (?; 277), n.
    1. A native or inhabitant of India.

    2. One of the aboriginal inhabitants of America; -- so called
    originally from the supposed identity of America with
    India.

    1. At the peak of the fighting, the Indian force numbered about 100,000 men.
    2. Both Mobil and Indian Oil had much to offer and much to gain at a time of growth in the region.
    3. Reduced to thievery, pushing drugs and finally an addict, he is befriended by an Indian Christian, also cut off from his father.
    4. News that a protocol was signed between the CIS and India to supply 9,000 to 10,000 tonnes of black pepper made the Indian market firmer (Dollars 1,250 cif for MG-1).
    5. Every few miles along potholed roads, Indian soldiers man sandbagged checkpoints where they halt travelers who come on foot, on bicycles and jammed into minibuses.
    6. Sri Lanka lies just south of the Indian peninsula in the Indian Ocean.
    7. Sri Lanka lies just south of the Indian peninsula in the Indian Ocean.
    8. President Ranasinghe Premadasa has demanded that the India withdraw its troops by the end of July, but Indian says a premature pullout would lead to even more violence.
    9. A lovely pastoral scene later on populated by figures of Shiva, an elephant, and an Indian woman playing with an electric yo-yo, is broken up by fascist bikers.
    10. It said the food was mostly for Miskito, Sumo and Rama Indian communities on the Atlantic Coast.
    11. They claimed that a 1790 law that forbids transfer of Indian lands without federal approval was violated in the 1870s when the state redistributed tribal lands to other island residents.
    12. Bush vetoed the Indian Preference Act of 1990, which would have established a program to direct contracts and grants to Indian enterprises.
    13. Bush vetoed the Indian Preference Act of 1990, which would have established a program to direct contracts and grants to Indian enterprises.
    14. The miners were part of a predominately Indian labor force that works the gold-bearing jungle rivers.
    15. In the visitor's book I found an entry in Hindi, kindly translated by the writer. It was a cryptic piece of Indian advice.
    16. Gunmen shot and killed 19 villagers in southern Punjab yesterday, and Sikh rebels, who say the act of casting a ballot would endorse Indian rule, have vowed to kill the first five people who vote today.
    17. Premadasa says he wants the Indian soldiers out of his country, but reality might require they stay.
    18. The site, with its distinctive earthen mounds built for Indian ceremonies, is the largest archaelogical site in the country.
    19. Indian police have raided the Golden Temple a dozen times in the last two years, but such raids are a political as well as a military risk because Sikhs consider them a desecration of their holy shrine.
    20. Several Indian newspapers reported Sunday that the government was considering the construction of fences along parts of the Indo-Pakistan border as well as increased patrols.
    21. In the year ending March 31, Indian Air is expected to post a loss of $25 million and Air India profit of $34 million.
    22. It will use power conversion equipment developed at its Stafford plant. Mr Major has been disappointed by the slow progress on a deal British Aerospace hopes to agree with the Indian Air Force for the supply of Hawk trainer aircraft.
    23. At least 288 people have died in Hindu-Moslem clashes in several Indian cities in the flareup of clashes over the past nine days, authorities report.
    24. The center also has a $6,000 scholarship fund that allows Indian students to come dig.
    25. Indian troops have on at least three previous occasions briefly suspended military operations against the Tamil rebels.
    26. An inquiry by the Indian government concluded that a bomb caused the crash.
    27. The Indian car company was the brainchild of the late Sanjay Gandhi, Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi's younger brother.
    28. The San Antonio (Texas) Light reported Thursday that the FBI had confirmed it was investigating Bustamante and his longtime friend, Eddie Garcia, as part of a probe into an Indian bingo parlor deal.
    29. Five Mohawks face arraignment today on charges stemming from the slaying of an Indian during a gunbattle over casino gambling on the reservation, police in Canada said.
    30. On Kashmir, where more than 1,600 people have died this year as Indian troops try to put down a Moslem secessionist movement, Chandra Shekhar said "there is no limit" to his willingness to negotiate.
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