Argentine
发音
How to pronounce Argentine in British English:
英 ['ɑ:dʒəntaɪn]
How to pronounce Argentine in American English:
美 [ˈɑrdʒənˌtaɪn, -ˌtin]
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- Noun:
- any of various small silver-scaled salmon-like marine fishes
单词词源
- argentine (adj.)
- "silver-colored," mid-15c., from Latin argentinus "of silver," from argentum (see argent).
- Argentine (adj.)
- "of or from Argentina," 1830 (from 1829 as a noun); Argentinian is from 1845 as a noun; 1858 as an adjective.
双语例句
- 1. In fact , argentine farmers are among the world 's most nimble and efficient .
- 2. Its foreign and defence ministries displayed a bumbling incompetence that actively encouraged the argentine folly .
- 3. Considered the world 's greatest player , the diminutive argentine is viewed by many as the next maradona .
- 4. For argentine consumer-price data we will look instead to pricestats , an inflation specialist , which produces figures for 19 countries that are published by state street , a financial services firm .
- 5. Argentine manufacturers have been booming ever since the 2001 crash . Over most of that period , a cheap peso has ensured their competitiveness . But since 2005 inflation has been in double digits .