1807, from Caucasus Mountains, between the Black and Caspian seas; applied to the "white" race 1795 (in German) by German anthropologist Johann Blumenbach, because its supposed ancestral homeland lay there; since abandoned as a historical/anthropological term. (See Aryan).
Caucasian (n.)
"resident or native of the Caucasus," 1843; see Caucasus + -ian. Meaning "one of the 'white' race" is from 1958 (earlier Caucasoid, 1956).
权威例句
1. Ann Hamilton was a Caucasian from New England.
安·汉密尔顿是来自新英格兰的白人。
2. In Caucasian populations, about 1 in every 87 deliveries is a twin birth.
在白人人群中, 大约每87个分娩中就有一对双生婴儿.
3. One blast should be enough to make Caucasian food edible.
只需一下,就足够让白人的食品变得可食用了.
4. Most of them are memBers of the Caucasian race.
他们中大多数都是白人.
5. O - Ren Ishii : Silly Caucasian girl likes to play with Samurai swords.