squaw

英 [skwɔː] 美 [skwɑː]
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  • n. 女人;妻子(有贬义)
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中文词源

squaw 印第安女人

来自印第安土著语 squa,女人。含强烈的讽刺或调侃意味。

英语词源

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."

权威例句

1. The Comanches called It'squaw's Head Rock.
科曼奇族印第安人称之为女人头石.
2. Sell your soul for that, do , dyed rags pinned round a squaw.
为了那些用别针别在婆娘腰身上的染了色的节片,出卖你的灵魂吧.

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