Indian + noun
作定语，直接放在名词前，说明该事物与印度或印度人有关。
They opened an Indian restaurant on our street.
他们在我们这条街上开了一家印度餐馆。
印度开局的；印度防御的；印度群岛的；印第安语的
Relating to India or its people; in older use, also relating to the East Indies.
旧时也可指东印度群岛的。
Of or relating to India or its people; or (formerly) of the East Indies.
Designating any of various chess openings now characterised by black's attempt to control the board through knights and fianchettoed bishops rather than with a central pawn advance.
She loves cooking Indian food at home on weekends.
她喜欢周末在家做印度菜。
用法提示：形容词 Indian 修饰名词 food，表示“印度的”，说明食物的来源与风味。
My neighbour is an Indian doctor who moved here ten years ago.
我的邻居是一位十年前搬到这里的印度医生。
用法提示：形容词 Indian 修饰名词 doctor，表示“印度人的、来自印度的”，说明这个人的国籍或出身。
This shop sells handmade Indian textiles from small villages.
这家店出售来自小村庄的手工印度纺织品。
用法提示：形容词 Indian 修饰名词 textiles，表示“印度的”，说明这些纺织品的产地。
作定语，直接放在名词前，说明该事物与印度或印度人有关。
They opened an Indian restaurant on our street.
他们在我们这条街上开了一家印度餐馆。
作表语，可指人的国籍或族裔，也可说某种食物、某家餐馆是印度风味的。
Her father is Indian, and her mother is Chinese.
她父亲是印度人，母亲是中国人。
国际象棋术语，用 Indian 作定语，指以印度命名的一类开局体系。
He opened the game with the Queen's Indian Defence.
他以后印度防御开局。
grammar · medium
易错句子He is indian.
正确表达He is Indian.
Indian 是由专有名词 India 派生的形容词，英语中专有形容词（国名、地名派生词）首字母必须大写；汉语没有字母大小写，所以容易小写。改为 Indian 即符合专有形容词的大写规则。
grammar · medium
易错句子I am from Indian.
正确表达I am Indian.
介词 from 后面必须接名词或代词作宾语，而 Indian 是形容词，不能作 from 的宾语。表示国籍时可直接用形容词作表语：I am Indian。若要保留 from，则须说 I am from India。
grammar · medium
易错句子He is a Indian.
正确表达He is Indian.
Indian 在此作表语形容词，形容词作表语时前面不能用不定冠词 a/an；汉语“他是印度人”没有冠词，所以容易误加 a。去掉 a 后 He is Indian 才是正确的形容词表语用法。
印度菜；印度食物
We had Indian food for dinner last night.
我们昨晚吃了印度菜。
印度洋
The Maldives is a country of islands in the Indian Ocean.
马尔代夫是印度洋上的一个岛国。
印度文化
She has studied Indian culture for many years.
她研究印度文化已有多年。
印度次大陆
These spices are grown across the Indian subcontinent.
这些香料种植于整个印度次大陆。
印度卢比
The Indian rupee fell against the dollar last month.
上个月印度卢比对美元下跌。
王翼印度防御（国际象棋开局）
He played the King's Indian Defence against the champion.
他对阵冠军时走了王翼印度防御。
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