oriental
英 [ɔːrɪ'ent(ə)l; ɒr-]
美[,orɪ'ɛntəl]
- adj. 东方的；东方人的
- n. 东方人
英英释意
- 1. denoting or characteristic of the biogeographic region including southern Asia and the Malay Archipelago as far as the Philippines and Borneo and Java;
- "Oriental politeness"
- "for people of South and East Asian ancestry the term `Asian' is preferred to `Oriental'"
- "Asian ancestry"
