Italian

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
/ɪˈtæl.jən/    /ɪˈtæl.jən/|/əˈtæl.jən/|/ɪˈtæl.jən/|/əˈtæ.jən/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A person of a Romance ethnic group native to Italy. countable
    — A tour group of Italians is visiting Westminster Cathedral today.
  2. The official language of Italy, also spoken in San Marino, the Vatican, and parts of Argentina, Slovenia and Switzerland; various varieties (dialects) exist. uncountable
    — The tour group asked their questions in Italian, and their tour guide translated.
  3. A style of cuisine or individual dishes of or associated with Italy or Italian people. uncountable
    — A: What's for dinner tonight? B: I don't know about you, but I'm ready for some Italian tonight!
  4. Ellipsis of Italian cloth. abbreviation,alt-of,countable,ellipsis
    — They bought a bolt of the finest Italian that can be had this side of Italy.
  5. Ellipsis of Italian vermouth, a dark-colored sweet or mildly bitter vermouth. abbreviation,alt-of,ellipsis,uncountable
    — gin and Italian
  6. Ellipsis of Italian bread. abbreviation,alt-of,countable,ellipsis,uncountable
    — Can I please get a meatball sub on Italian? Thank you!
  7. Ellipsis of Italian sandwich. Maine,abbreviation,alt-of,countable,ellipsis
    — Can I please get an Italian and a beer? Thank you!
形容词 adj.
  1. Pertaining to Italy.
    — Italian borders
  2. Pertaining to its people or their cultures.
    — Italian cuisines
  3. Pertaining to their language.
    — Italian verbs
  4. Using an italic style; italic. not-comparable,obsolete
    — It has been shown that there was a great disposition on the part of some German printers, especially Albert Durer, to adopt the rounded Italian type; others preferring the crisp angularity of the Gothic black-letter, even for general purposes; while for books of devotion it appears to have been deemed the more orthodox; the Italian style of type being deemed an innovation.

词形变化

more Italian comparative most Italian superlative Italians plural

词源

词源 1
From Middle English Italian, from Medieval Latin Italiānus, from Latin Italia (“Italy”).
词源 2
From Middle English Italian, from Medieval Latin Italiānus, from Latin Italia (“Italy”).
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