the Khmer
the Khmer 是集合用法，指高棉人整体，作主语时谓语通常用复数。
The Khmer have lived in this region for centuries.
高棉人世代居住在这一地区。
高棉人；高棉族；柬埔寨人；柬埔寨居民；柬埔寨主要人口的一个民族语言群体成员；柬埔寨使用的孟 - 高棉语；柬埔寨本地人或居民
柬埔寨主要人口的一个民族语言群体成员
A member of an ethnolinguistic group that constitutes most of the population of Cambodia.
柬埔寨使用的孟 - 高棉语
the Mon-Khmer language spoken in Cambodia
柬埔寨本地人或居民
a native or inhabitant of Cambodia
She is learning Khmer so she can talk to her Cambodian relatives.
她在学习高棉语，以便能和柬埔寨的亲戚交谈。
用法提示：此处 Khmer 为名词，指高棉语。
The street signs are written in both Khmer and English.
街道标志上用高棉语和英语两种文字书写。
用法提示：Khmer 在介词 in 后作名词，指高棉语。
He studied Khmer for two years and can now read the newspaper.
他学了两年高棉语，现在能读报纸了。
用法提示：Khmer 作 study 的宾语，为名词，指高棉语。
the Khmer 是集合用法，指高棉人整体，作主语时谓语通常用复数。
The Khmer have lived in this region for centuries.
高棉人世代居住在这一地区。
指个体时是可数名词，复数为 Khmers；也可指柬埔寨本地人。
She married a Khmer from Phnom Penh.
她嫁给了一位来自金边的高棉人。
指高棉语时前面一般不加冠词，也不用复数形式。
Many Cambodians speak Khmer at home.
许多柬埔寨人在家里说高棉语。
grammar · medium
易错句子He speaks khmer fluently.
正确表达He speaks Khmer fluently.
Khmer 是专有名词，指高棉人或高棉语，首字母必须大写；中文没有大小写区分，因此容易忽略。
grammar · medium
易错句子I will travel to Khmer next month.
正确表达I will travel to Cambodia next month.
Khmer 指高棉人、高棉语或柬埔寨居民，不是国家名称；表示国家‘柬埔寨’要用 Cambodia。
grammar · medium
易错句子She can speak a Khmer.
正确表达She can speak Khmer.
Khmer 作语言名称时是不可数名词，前面不加不定冠词 a/an；直接说 speak Khmer 即可。
红色高棉（柬埔寨历史上的极端政治组织）
The Khmer Rouge ruled Cambodia in the late 1970s.
红色高棉在20世纪70年代末统治了柬埔寨。
高棉语
She has been studying the Khmer language for two years.
她学习高棉语已经两年了。
高棉族；高棉裔
Most of the villagers are ethnic Khmer.
村里大多数人都是高棉族。
高棉人
The Khmer people have lived in Southeast Asia for centuries.
高棉人在东南亚生活了几个世纪。
高棉帝国
Angkor was the heart of the Khmer Empire.
吴哥是高棉帝国的中心。
高棉文；高棉文字
The temple walls are covered in Khmer script.
寺庙的墙上刻满了高棉文字。
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