european american
european american — 名詞
1. a person living in the United States whose family roots go back to a country in
歐洲裔美國人
祖先源自歐洲的美國人
a person living in the United States whose family roots go back to a country in Europe
Heather's great-grandparents came from Poland, so she describes herself as a European American.
Heather 的曾祖父母來自波蘭，所以她稱自己是歐洲裔美國人。
describes herself as + ethnic label
The festival brought together European Americans from Italian, Irish, and German backgrounds.
這個慶典匯集了義大利、愛爾蘭和德國背景的歐洲裔美國人。
from + [specific European] backgrounds
According to the latest census, European Americans remain the largest ethnic group in the country.
根據最新的人口普查，歐洲裔美國人仍是該國最大的族群。
Maeve wrote a paper about how European American farmers shaped agriculture in the Great Plains.
Maeve 寫了一份研究報告，探討歐洲裔美國農民如何塑造了大平原地區的農業。
Many European American families celebrate holidays that reflect traditions from their ancestral countries.
許多歐洲裔美國家庭會慶祝反映祖先故鄉傳統的節日。
- Euro-American
more formal and technical; often used in academic writing
- white American
overlaps but is broader — includes people of Middle Eastern and North African descent who may not identify as European
文法句型
European American + verb (singular/plural)
the + European American + community/population
用法筆記
Often used in demographic or sociological contexts rather than in everyday conversation, where people more commonly name a specific ancestry (e.g. 'Irish American', 'Italian American').