Definition of oriental in English:

oriental

(also Oriental)

adjective ɔːrɪˈɛnt(ə)lɒrɪˈɛnt(ə)lˌɔriˈɛn(t)l

1Of, from, or characteristic of Asia, especially East Asia.
远东的；来自远东的
oriental countries
远东诸国。
oriental rugs
Example sentencesExamples
- Lethargic and lacking self-confidence, he was a quiet dreamer, with interests in theology, art history, and oriental religions.
- After getting some noodles and watching some martial arts (how oriental!) we got bored and decided to head into town.
- To stir-fry is not much different from the French sauter but it is done in a wok, not a sauté pan, and using a frying medium such as peanut oil, which is characteristic of oriental cookery, rather than butter or olive oil.
- Acting as passionate guardian of the memory of her mentor, Serge Gainsbourg, Jane Birkin has interpreted his work to a lusty backing of Arabic, Andalusian and oriental influences for this concert recording.
- Visitors can take along their own picnic tea or there will be refreshments to buy and those who want to join in the Eastern theme with oriental costume can take part in a special prize draw.
- Had a brief listen to the two other tracks Jake had given me: oriental pieces which I recognised from somewhere and which are beautiful.
- Through other parents at her son Louis's school where they then lived on the outskirts of London, Clara started learning about the oriental art of Chi Kung.
- As a young girl, I saw a Bharatanatyam recital on television I was enchanted by the precision and grace of movement and the expression and costume that I made up my mind to learn that mysterious oriental dance.
- Many of these can be found during the second week in November with a celebration of Asian Art in London when Bonhams, Christie's and Sotheby's hold a number of sales of oriental fine art and antiques.
- Besides western art and literature, many volumes dealt with the oriental world: its history, religion, writings, sculpture, painting, ceramics.
- The taste of his subjects tended towards the antiquarian rather than the purely decorative, and their collecting interest widened to embrace traditional crafts, archaeology, and oriental art.
- Subsequent years saw the character of Sofia change from an oriental outpost to a European city, a trend that continues.
- Experience the ancient mystical city of Ho Chi-Minh and its Eastern traditions, Buddha temples, towering pagodas and colorful oriental river markets.
- The most important addition to the cultural life of Dublin Castle in recent times has been the relocation there of the Chester Beatty library, with its world famous collection of oriental art and manuscripts.
- Fenellosa, on the other hand, continually said that there were also outstanding arts in the oriental tradition.
- I used to travel quite a bit, because I had a gallery in London dealing with oriental art, and it was important to visit areas that held such a fascination for me.
- The works involve extremely simple figures, outlined by elegant and light curves, typical of oriental art.
- The oriental chicken, described as shredded lettuce and crispy angel hair tossed with various veggies in a spicy sweet-and-sour sesame dressing, tasted to us like nail-polish remover.
- Older people in the north Cotswolds have been taking part in a pilot project to assess the best way of bringing them the health benefits of T'ai Chi - the oriental art of meditation and movement.
- After years of practise, he has mastered an ancient oriental art that allows him to live his life using the minimum amount of energy possible.
Synonyms
eastern, Chinese, Japanese
1. 1.1Zoology Relating to or denoting a zoogeographical region comprising Asia south of the Himalayas and Indonesia west of Wallace's line. Distinctive animals include pandas, gibbons, tree shrews, tarsiers, and moonrats.
  〔动〕（与）东方界（有关）的（该区包括喜马拉雅山以南的亚洲地区以及华莱士线以西的印度尼西亚，特有动物包括大熊猫、长臂猿、树鼩、眼镜猴, 以及刺毛鼩猬）
  Example sentencesExamples
  The Oriental Crested Ibis used to have a wide distribution in eastern China, Russia, Japan and Korea, but clearance of the forests, pesticides and changes in rice-farming practices led to a dramatic decline.
2(of a pearl or other jewel) orient.
（珍珠或其他珠宝）有光泽的
Example sentencesExamples
- The most spectacular consisted of a ‘large round cup in oriental onyx, mount and ornaments in fine chased, enamelled gold.
- The green lion symbolizes an emerald or an oriental sapphire and means stature and robust person, wealth, cool and courageous, stable and sincere, unconditional love.

noun ɔːrɪˈɛnt(ə)lɒrɪˈɛnt(ə)lˌɔriˈɛn(t)l

offensive

A person of East Asian descent.
〈常冒犯〉有远东血统的人，远东人

Usage

The term oriental has an out-of-date feel as a term denoting people from Asia; it tends to be associated with a rather offensive stereotype of the people and their customs as inscrutable and exotic. In US English Asian is the standard accepted term in modern use; in British English, where Asian tends to denote people from the Indian subcontinent, specific terms such as Chinese or Japanese are more likely to be used

Derivatives

orientalize

verb ɔːrɪˈɛnt(ə)lʌɪzɒrɪˈɛnt(ə)lʌɪzˌɔriˈɛn(t)lˌaɪz

[with object]

Make oriental in character or style.
the young band orientalizes indie music
Example sentencesExamples
- an orientalized modern city
- Elsewhere, Mainland critic Dai Jinhua has argued that because Zhang Yimou has orientalized himself for a Western audience, he assumes a passively feminine position.
- She has been orientalized, eroticized, glorified, blamed.
- Most likely, someone can object, what I am trying to do here is orientalize the Japanese, and find in the feet of the women, in the way they walk, a kind of last bastion of old Japan, a sign of the exotic.

orientally

adverb

Consultations are provided by orientally trained and apprenticed experts.
Example sentencesExamples
- In the words of the composer's wife, Nora Pärt, ‘tiny contrasting musical segments - orientally tinted monody and chordal density - converge yet produce a gently flowing stream of music.’
- This text is seen by Jameson as key to understanding Brecht's critical reflections on dialectics and his orientally informed fascination with flow and flux.
- The completed water spout is a charming and simple orientally themed water feature.
- He recognised theatrical quality wherever he found it, and was not afraid to use the unusual, as in his orientally costumed 1955 King Lear.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin orientalis, from orient- (see orient).

Definition of oriental in US English:

oriental

(also Oriental)

adjectiveˌɔriˈɛn(t)lˌôrēˈen(t)l

1Of, from, or characteristic of Asia, especially East Asia.
远东的；来自远东的
oriental rugs
Example sentencesExamples
- The most important addition to the cultural life of Dublin Castle in recent times has been the relocation there of the Chester Beatty library, with its world famous collection of oriental art and manuscripts.
- To stir-fry is not much different from the French sauter but it is done in a wok, not a sauté pan, and using a frying medium such as peanut oil, which is characteristic of oriental cookery, rather than butter or olive oil.
- After years of practise, he has mastered an ancient oriental art that allows him to live his life using the minimum amount of energy possible.
- After getting some noodles and watching some martial arts (how oriental!) we got bored and decided to head into town.
- Besides western art and literature, many volumes dealt with the oriental world: its history, religion, writings, sculpture, painting, ceramics.
- Many of these can be found during the second week in November with a celebration of Asian Art in London when Bonhams, Christie's and Sotheby's hold a number of sales of oriental fine art and antiques.
- Subsequent years saw the character of Sofia change from an oriental outpost to a European city, a trend that continues.
- Older people in the north Cotswolds have been taking part in a pilot project to assess the best way of bringing them the health benefits of T'ai Chi - the oriental art of meditation and movement.
- The works involve extremely simple figures, outlined by elegant and light curves, typical of oriental art.
- The taste of his subjects tended towards the antiquarian rather than the purely decorative, and their collecting interest widened to embrace traditional crafts, archaeology, and oriental art.
- Acting as passionate guardian of the memory of her mentor, Serge Gainsbourg, Jane Birkin has interpreted his work to a lusty backing of Arabic, Andalusian and oriental influences for this concert recording.
- Visitors can take along their own picnic tea or there will be refreshments to buy and those who want to join in the Eastern theme with oriental costume can take part in a special prize draw.
- Lethargic and lacking self-confidence, he was a quiet dreamer, with interests in theology, art history, and oriental religions.
- Through other parents at her son Louis's school where they then lived on the outskirts of London, Clara started learning about the oriental art of Chi Kung.
- Had a brief listen to the two other tracks Jake had given me: oriental pieces which I recognised from somewhere and which are beautiful.
- The oriental chicken, described as shredded lettuce and crispy angel hair tossed with various veggies in a spicy sweet-and-sour sesame dressing, tasted to us like nail-polish remover.
- Fenellosa, on the other hand, continually said that there were also outstanding arts in the oriental tradition.
- I used to travel quite a bit, because I had a gallery in London dealing with oriental art, and it was important to visit areas that held such a fascination for me.
- Experience the ancient mystical city of Ho Chi-Minh and its Eastern traditions, Buddha temples, towering pagodas and colorful oriental river markets.
- As a young girl, I saw a Bharatanatyam recital on television I was enchanted by the precision and grace of movement and the expression and costume that I made up my mind to learn that mysterious oriental dance.
Synonyms
eastern, chinese, japanese
1. 1.1Zoology Relating to or denoting a zoogeographical region comprising Asia south of the Himalayas and Indonesia west of Wallace's line. Distinctive animals include pandas, gibbons, tree shrews, tarsiers, and moonrats.
  〔动〕（与）东方界（有关）的（该区包括喜马拉雅山以南的亚洲地区以及华莱士线以西的印度尼西亚，特有动物包括大熊猫、长臂猿、树鼩、眼镜猴, 以及刺毛鼩猬）
  Example sentencesExamples
  The Oriental Crested Ibis used to have a wide distribution in eastern China, Russia, Japan and Korea, but clearance of the forests, pesticides and changes in rice-farming practices led to a dramatic decline.
2(of a pearl or other jewel) orient.
（珍珠或其他珠宝）有光泽的
Example sentencesExamples
- The green lion symbolizes an emerald or an oriental sapphire and means stature and robust person, wealth, cool and courageous, stable and sincere, unconditional love.
- The most spectacular consisted of a ‘large round cup in oriental onyx, mount and ornaments in fine chased, enamelled gold.

nounˌɔriˈɛn(t)lˌôrēˈen(t)l

offensive

A person of East Asian descent.
〈常冒犯〉有远东血统的人，远东人

Usage

The term Oriental, denoting a person from East Asia, is regarded as offensive by many Asians, especially Asian Americans. It has many associations with European imperialism in Asia. Therefore, it has an out-of-date feel and tends to be associated with a rather offensive stereotype of the people and their customs as inscrutable and exotic. Asian and more specific terms such as East Asian, Chinese, and Japanese are preferred. See also Asian

Origin

Late Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin orientalis, from orient- (see orient).

词汇	oriental
释义	Definition of oriental in English: oriental (also Oriental) adjective ɔːrɪˈɛnt(ə)lɒrɪˈɛnt(ə)lˌɔriˈɛn(t)l 1Of, from, or characteristic of Asia, especially East Asia. 远东的；来自远东的 oriental countries 远东诸国。 oriental rugs Example sentencesExamples Lethargic and lacking self-confidence, he was a quiet dreamer, with interests in theology, art history, and oriental religions. After getting some noodles and watching some martial arts (how oriental!) we got bored and decided to head into town. To stir-fry is not much different from the French sauter but it is done in a wok, not a sauté pan, and using a frying medium such as peanut oil, which is characteristic of oriental cookery, rather than butter or olive oil. Acting as passionate guardian of the memory of her mentor, Serge Gainsbourg, Jane Birkin has interpreted his work to a lusty backing of Arabic, Andalusian and oriental influences for this concert recording. Visitors can take along their own picnic tea or there will be refreshments to buy and those who want to join in the Eastern theme with oriental costume can take part in a special prize draw. Had a brief listen to the two other tracks Jake had given me: oriental pieces which I recognised from somewhere and which are beautiful. Through other parents at her son Louis's school where they then lived on the outskirts of London, Clara started learning about the oriental art of Chi Kung. As a young girl, I saw a Bharatanatyam recital on television I was enchanted by the precision and grace of movement and the expression and costume that I made up my mind to learn that mysterious oriental dance. Many of these can be found during the second week in November with a celebration of Asian Art in London when Bonhams, Christie's and Sotheby's hold a number of sales of oriental fine art and antiques. Besides western art and literature, many volumes dealt with the oriental world: its history, religion, writings, sculpture, painting, ceramics. The taste of his subjects tended towards the antiquarian rather than the purely decorative, and their collecting interest widened to embrace traditional crafts, archaeology, and oriental art. Subsequent years saw the character of Sofia change from an oriental outpost to a European city, a trend that continues. Experience the ancient mystical city of Ho Chi-Minh and its Eastern traditions, Buddha temples, towering pagodas and colorful oriental river markets. The most important addition to the cultural life of Dublin Castle in recent times has been the relocation there of the Chester Beatty library, with its world famous collection of oriental art and manuscripts. Fenellosa, on the other hand, continually said that there were also outstanding arts in the oriental tradition. I used to travel quite a bit, because I had a gallery in London dealing with oriental art, and it was important to visit areas that held such a fascination for me. The works involve extremely simple figures, outlined by elegant and light curves, typical of oriental art. The oriental chicken, described as shredded lettuce and crispy angel hair tossed with various veggies in a spicy sweet-and-sour sesame dressing, tasted to us like nail-polish remover. Older people in the north Cotswolds have been taking part in a pilot project to assess the best way of bringing them the health benefits of T'ai Chi - the oriental art of meditation and movement. After years of practise, he has mastered an ancient oriental art that allows him to live his life using the minimum amount of energy possible. Synonyms eastern, Chinese, Japanese 1.1Zoology Relating to or denoting a zoogeographical region comprising Asia south of the Himalayas and Indonesia west of Wallace's line. Distinctive animals include pandas, gibbons, tree shrews, tarsiers, and moonrats. 〔动〕（与）东方界（有关）的（该区包括喜马拉雅山以南的亚洲地区以及华莱士线以西的印度尼西亚，特有动物包括大熊猫、长臂猿、树鼩、眼镜猴, 以及刺毛鼩猬） Example sentencesExamples The Oriental Crested Ibis used to have a wide distribution in eastern China, Russia, Japan and Korea, but clearance of the forests, pesticides and changes in rice-farming practices led to a dramatic decline. 2(of a pearl or other jewel) orient. （珍珠或其他珠宝）有光泽的 Example sentencesExamples The most spectacular consisted of a ‘large round cup in oriental onyx, mount and ornaments in fine chased, enamelled gold. The green lion symbolizes an emerald or an oriental sapphire and means stature and robust person, wealth, cool and courageous, stable and sincere, unconditional love. noun ɔːrɪˈɛnt(ə)lɒrɪˈɛnt(ə)lˌɔriˈɛn(t)l offensive A person of East Asian descent. 〈常冒犯〉有远东血统的人，远东人 Usage The term oriental has an out-of-date feel as a term denoting people from Asia; it tends to be associated with a rather offensive stereotype of the people and their customs as inscrutable and exotic. In US English Asian is the standard accepted term in modern use; in British English, where Asian tends to denote people from the Indian subcontinent, specific terms such as Chinese or Japanese are more likely to be used Derivatives orientalize verb ɔːrɪˈɛnt(ə)lʌɪzɒrɪˈɛnt(ə)lʌɪzˌɔriˈɛn(t)lˌaɪz [with object] Make oriental in character or style. the young band orientalizes indie music Example sentencesExamples an orientalized modern city Elsewhere, Mainland critic Dai Jinhua has argued that because Zhang Yimou has orientalized himself for a Western audience, he assumes a passively feminine position. She has been orientalized, eroticized, glorified, blamed. Most likely, someone can object, what I am trying to do here is orientalize the Japanese, and find in the feet of the women, in the way they walk, a kind of last bastion of old Japan, a sign of the exotic. orientally adverb Consultations are provided by orientally trained and apprenticed experts. Example sentencesExamples In the words of the composer's wife, Nora Pärt, ‘tiny contrasting musical segments - orientally tinted monody and chordal density - converge yet produce a gently flowing stream of music.’ This text is seen by Jameson as key to understanding Brecht's critical reflections on dialectics and his orientally informed fascination with flow and flux. The completed water spout is a charming and simple orientally themed water feature. He recognised theatrical quality wherever he found it, and was not afraid to use the unusual, as in his orientally costumed 1955 King Lear. Origin Late Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin orientalis, from orient- (see orient). Definition of oriental in US English: oriental (also Oriental) adjectiveˌɔriˈɛn(t)lˌôrēˈen(t)l 1Of, from, or characteristic of Asia, especially East Asia. 远东的；来自远东的 oriental rugs Example sentencesExamples The most important addition to the cultural life of Dublin Castle in recent times has been the relocation there of the Chester Beatty library, with its world famous collection of oriental art and manuscripts. To stir-fry is not much different from the French sauter but it is done in a wok, not a sauté pan, and using a frying medium such as peanut oil, which is characteristic of oriental cookery, rather than butter or olive oil. After years of practise, he has mastered an ancient oriental art that allows him to live his life using the minimum amount of energy possible. After getting some noodles and watching some martial arts (how oriental!) we got bored and decided to head into town. Besides western art and literature, many volumes dealt with the oriental world: its history, religion, writings, sculpture, painting, ceramics. Many of these can be found during the second week in November with a celebration of Asian Art in London when Bonhams, Christie's and Sotheby's hold a number of sales of oriental fine art and antiques. Subsequent years saw the character of Sofia change from an oriental outpost to a European city, a trend that continues. Older people in the north Cotswolds have been taking part in a pilot project to assess the best way of bringing them the health benefits of T'ai Chi - the oriental art of meditation and movement. The works involve extremely simple figures, outlined by elegant and light curves, typical of oriental art. The taste of his subjects tended towards the antiquarian rather than the purely decorative, and their collecting interest widened to embrace traditional crafts, archaeology, and oriental art. Acting as passionate guardian of the memory of her mentor, Serge Gainsbourg, Jane Birkin has interpreted his work to a lusty backing of Arabic, Andalusian and oriental influences for this concert recording. Visitors can take along their own picnic tea or there will be refreshments to buy and those who want to join in the Eastern theme with oriental costume can take part in a special prize draw. Lethargic and lacking self-confidence, he was a quiet dreamer, with interests in theology, art history, and oriental religions. Through other parents at her son Louis's school where they then lived on the outskirts of London, Clara started learning about the oriental art of Chi Kung. Had a brief listen to the two other tracks Jake had given me: oriental pieces which I recognised from somewhere and which are beautiful. The oriental chicken, described as shredded lettuce and crispy angel hair tossed with various veggies in a spicy sweet-and-sour sesame dressing, tasted to us like nail-polish remover. Fenellosa, on the other hand, continually said that there were also outstanding arts in the oriental tradition. I used to travel quite a bit, because I had a gallery in London dealing with oriental art, and it was important to visit areas that held such a fascination for me. Experience the ancient mystical city of Ho Chi-Minh and its Eastern traditions, Buddha temples, towering pagodas and colorful oriental river markets. As a young girl, I saw a Bharatanatyam recital on television I was enchanted by the precision and grace of movement and the expression and costume that I made up my mind to learn that mysterious oriental dance. Synonyms eastern, chinese, japanese 1.1Zoology Relating to or denoting a zoogeographical region comprising Asia south of the Himalayas and Indonesia west of Wallace's line. Distinctive animals include pandas, gibbons, tree shrews, tarsiers, and moonrats. 〔动〕（与）东方界（有关）的（该区包括喜马拉雅山以南的亚洲地区以及华莱士线以西的印度尼西亚，特有动物包括大熊猫、长臂猿、树鼩、眼镜猴, 以及刺毛鼩猬） Example sentencesExamples The Oriental Crested Ibis used to have a wide distribution in eastern China, Russia, Japan and Korea, but clearance of the forests, pesticides and changes in rice-farming practices led to a dramatic decline. 2(of a pearl or other jewel) orient. （珍珠或其他珠宝）有光泽的 Example sentencesExamples The green lion symbolizes an emerald or an oriental sapphire and means stature and robust person, wealth, cool and courageous, stable and sincere, unconditional love. The most spectacular consisted of a ‘large round cup in oriental onyx, mount and ornaments in fine chased, enamelled gold. nounˌɔriˈɛn(t)lˌôrēˈen(t)l offensive A person of East Asian descent. 〈常冒犯〉有远东血统的人，远东人 Usage The term Oriental, denoting a person from East Asia, is regarded as offensive by many Asians, especially Asian Americans. It has many associations with European imperialism in Asia. Therefore, it has an out-of-date feel and tends to be associated with a rather offensive stereotype of the people and their customs as inscrutable and exotic. Asian and more specific terms such as East Asian, Chinese, and Japanese are preferred. See also Asian Origin Late Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin orientalis, from orient- (see orient).
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