English Dictionary

American

/əˈmɛɹ.ɪ.kən/

adj

Of, from, or pertaining to the United States of America, its people, or its culture. / (uncommon) Of, from, or pertaining to the Americas. / (historical) Of, from, or pertaining to British North America.

He is proud of his American heritage.

意味（1）

Of, from, or pertaining to the United States of America, its people, or its culture.

Should you ever be athirst in the great American desert, try this experiment, if your caravan happen to be supplied with a metaphysical professor.

意味（2）

(uncommon) Of, from, or pertaining to the Americas.

This is pure American powder from the foothills of Colombia.

意味（3）

(historical) Of, from, or pertaining to British North America.

意味（4）

(archaic) Synonym of American Indian and Native American, of, from, or pertaining to the indigenous inhabitants of the Americas.

意味（5）

(finance, of an option, not comparable) Able to be exercised on any date between its issue and expiry.

All of these trade on the Chicago Board Options Exchange. Most of the contracts are European. An exception is the OEX contract on the S&P 100, which is American.