Old English Africanas (plural), from Latin Africanus (adj.), from Africa (see Africa). Used of white residents of Africa from 1815. Used of black residents of the U.S. from late 18c., when it especially meant "one brought from Africa" and sometimes was contrasted to native-born Negro. As an adjective by 1560s, "pertaining to Africa or Africans" (Old English had Africanisc); from 1789 as "of or pertaining to black Americans."
实用例句
1. And a number of African countries, too, are slipping through the net.
并且一些非洲国家也被漏掉了。来自柯林斯例句
2. The African National Congress threatened to withdraw from the talks.
非洲国民大会威胁要退出会谈。来自柯林斯例句
3. Contemporary African cinema has much to offer in its vitality and freshness.
当代非洲电影在活力和新颖性上颇足称道。来自柯林斯例句
4. They flew the flag of the African National Congress.
他们升起非洲人国民大会的旗帜。来自柯林斯例句
5. The South African mailboat arrived on Friday mornings unless bad weather intervened.
