單詞
squaw
英 [skw??]
美
基本信息
- n. 女人；妻子（有貶義）
暢通詞匯
詞態(tài)變化
復(fù)數(shù):?squaws;
中文詞源
squaw 印第安女人
來自印第安土著語 squa,女人。含強(qiáng)烈的諷刺或調(diào)侃意味。
英文詞源
- squaw (n.)
- "American Indian woman," 1630s, from Massachuset (Algonquian) squa "woman" (cognate with Narraganset squaws "woman"). "Over the years it has come to have a derogatory sense and is now considered offensive by many Native Americans" [Bright]. Widespread in U.S. place names, sometimes as a translation of a local native word for "woman."
雙語例句
- 1. The Comanches called It'squaw's Head Rock.
- 科曼奇族印第安人稱之為女人頭石.
來自電影對白
- 2. Sell your soul for that, do , dyed rags pinned round a squaw.
- 為了那些用別針別在婆娘腰身上的染了色的節(jié)片,出賣你的靈魂吧.
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