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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++La·ti·no /læˈtiːnəʊ $ -noʊ/ noun (plural Latinos) [countable]  American EnglishSAR a man in the US whose family comes from Latin America. The plural ‘Latinos’ can mean a group of men and women, or just men. 〔美国的〕拉丁美洲男子〔复数 Latinos可指一群男女或只指男性〕 HispanicLatino adjective Latino culture 拉丁美洲文化
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LatinoNow there is talk of recruiting blacks and Latinos, traditionally absent from the higher union ranks, to more prominent positions.A recent Houston Chronicle poll found that two-thirds of Houstonians believed new Latino immigrants strengthened their city.Others argue that the student walkouts will encourage the new generation of Latinos to become more involved in politics.It does not take a psephologist, therefore, to spot the importance of the city's Latino voters.About half the Latinos in Los Angeles are foreign-born.As a result of that kind of trend, Latinos in California are not yet much good at politics.Anglos traveling with Latinos are also targets of Border Patrol probes, says Castillo.
Origin Latino (1900-2000) American Spanish
La·ti·no nounChineseSyllable
US the comes from in Corpus a Latin family whose man


Latino
Latino /læˈtiːnəʊ $ -noʊ/ noun (plural Latinos) [countable]
 Date: 1900-2000
 Language: American Spanish
American English a man in the US whose family comes from Latin America. The plural ‘Latinos’ can mean a group of men and women, or just men ⇨ Hispanic
—Latino adjective:
    Latino culture


La·tinoBrE /læˈtiːnəʊ/ 🔊NAmE /læˈtiːnoʊ/ 🔊 noun (
plural
La·tinos
)
a person, especially one who is living in the US, who comes from Latin America, or whose family came from there (尤指居住在美国的)拉丁美洲人,拉丁美洲人后裔   compare Chicano La·tino adjective [usually before noun]