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be a southerner
southerner 是可数名词，指美国南方人；复数形式为 southerners。
He is a southerner.
他是南方人。
美国南方人
southerners — plural of southerner
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
美国南方人
an American who lives in the South
He is a southerner.
他是南方人。
某地区(或世界)南部的本地人或居民,如英国南部。
A native or inhabitant of the south of a region (or of the world as a whole), such as the United Kingdom.
My neighbor is a southerner who moved here for work.
我的邻居是一位为了工作搬到这里的南方人。
Many southerners enjoy cooking dishes that are popular across the country.
许多南方人喜欢烹饪在全国流行的菜肴。
As a southerner, she grew up with a strong tradition of hospitality.
作为一名南方人，她从小受到热情好客传统的熏陶。
southerner 是可数名词，指美国南方人；复数形式为 southerners。
He is a southerner.
他是南方人。
from 后接州、城市等地点名词，表示“来自……的南方人”。
She is a southerner from New Orleans.
她是来自新奥尔良的南方人。
泛指南方人群体时用复数 southerners，谓语动词用复数形式。
Southerners often say "y'all".
南方人常说“y'all”。
Not this
He is southerner.
Use this
He is a southerner.
southerner 是可数名词单数，前须加冠词；不能用零冠词，所以要在前面加 a。
Not this
He is one of the southerner.
Use this
He is one of the southerners.
'one of' 后须接可数名词复数，表示众多中的一者；southerner 的复数是 southerners，因此这里要改为复数形式。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
土生土长的南方人
He is a native southerner and knows every small town in Georgia.
他是土生土长的南方人，熟悉佐治亚州的每一个小镇。
白人南方人
The candidate needs to win over white southerners.
这位候选人需要赢得白人南方人的支持。
南方同胞
He greeted his fellow southerners warmly.
他热情地向南方同胞们打招呼。
生来就是南方人
Though she lives in New York, she is a southerner by birth.
虽然她住在纽约，但她生来就是南方人。
真正的南方人
Only a true southerner understands how sweet iced tea should be.
只有真正的南方人才懂得冰茶应该有多甜。
我生来是南方人，但原则上支持联邦。
He is a southerner from Alabama, but he now lives in New York.
他是来自阿拉巴马的南方人，但现在住在纽约。
Use southerners naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
记忆联想：south（南方）+ -erner（表人），想象一个戴草帽、带南方口音的美国人，就是southerner（南方人）。
语域：neutral 常见场景：地区身份、美国文化讨论 该词为中性常用词，通常指美国南方居民，不带有明显感情色彩；正式与非正式场合都比较常见，多用于按地域划分人群的语境。
No common word rhymes with southerner /ˈsʌðənə/. Southern /ˈsʌðən/ shares the root and initial sound, and northerner /ˈnɔːðənə/ matches the spelling ending, but its stressed vowel is different. Another and other end in /ðə/, not /ðənə/; do not treat the -ther spelling as the same rhyme.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.