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    Afro

    Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
    Related topics: Hair & beauty
    Af·ro /ˈæfrəʊ $ -roʊ/ noun [countable]  DCBa hairstyle popular with black people in the 1970s in which the hair is cut into a large round shape 〔20世纪70年代在黑人中流行的〕非洲式（圆形蓬松）发型
    Examples from the Corpus
    Afro• I used to wear an Afro.• She was tall and slim with a huge curly Afro like a crown above her smooth sharp-boned ebony face.• So off I went to Rutgers Law, a little black lady with a huge Afro.
    Related topics: Nationality & race
    Afro- /æfrəʊ $ -roʊ/ prefix [in nouns and adjectives]  SANAfrican and something else 非洲及…的 an Afro-American 一个非洲裔美国人[美国黑人] Afro-Caribbean children 加勒比黑人小孩
    Examples from the Corpus
    Afro-• Afro-Cuban music    Origin Afro (1900-2000) Probably from Afro-American Afro- Latin Afer “African”
    Af·ro nounAfro- prefixChineseSyllable
    1970s with Corpus in a black hairstyle the people popular


    Afro
    Af‧ro /ˈæfrəʊ $ -roʊ/ noun [countable]
     Date: 1900-2000
     Origin: Probably from Afro-American
    a hairstyle popular with black people in the 1970s in which the hair is cut into a large round shape


    AfroBrE /ˈæfrəʊ/ 🔊NAmE /ˈæfroʊ/ 🔊 noun (
    plural
    Afros    )     a hairstyle sometimes worn by black people and popular in the 1970s, in which the hair forms a round mass of tight curls 非洲式发型（20 世纪 70 年代流行的某些黑人的圆形紧密鬈发）