Dominican
发音
How to pronounce Dominican in British English:
英 [dəˈmɪnɪkən]
How to pronounce Dominican in American English:
美 [dəˈmɪnɪkən]
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- Noun:
- a Roman Catholic friar wearing the black mantle of the Dominican order
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- Adjective:
- of or relating to or characteristic of the Dominican Republic or its people
- of or relating to Saint Dominic or the Dominican order
单词词源
- Dominican (1)
- "Black friar," 1630s, from Latin form of the name of Domingo de Guzman (Santo Domingo), founder of the order of preaching friars. His name, like Italian form Dominic, is from Latin dominicus "pertaining to a lord."
- Dominican (2)
- "native or inhabitant of the Dominican Republic," 1853, from the Caribbean island of Dominica, home of the nation, so named 1493, from Latin (dies) dominica "Sunday," the day of the week on which the island was discovered.
双语例句
- 1. Dominican children are taught of haitian atrocities in that period .
- 2. " Yes , " the dominican said quietly , and nodded , as if reading my thoughts .
- 3. The dominican republic has seen healthy economic growth in recent years .
- 4. By 1614 , a dominican friar named tommaso caccini preached openly against galileo , calling the copernican worldview heretical .
- 5. Rafael trujillo , a dominican dictator , ordered the murder of thousands of haitian migrants in 1937 .