tarbrush
['tɑ:brʌʃ]
- n.
- 柏油刷
- [蔑语、贬义、冒犯语、俚语]黑人血统；印第安人血统
- 短语:
- a dash (或 lick, touch) of the tarbrush [蔑语](混有)黑人(或印第安人)血统
英文词源
- tarbrush (n.)
- 1711, from tar (n.1) + brush (n.1). To have a touch of the tarbrush "have a dash of African ancestry visible in the skin tone" (1796) was "a term of contempt from the West Indies" [Century Dictionary].
双语例句
- 1. You might have a touch of the tarbrush yourself.
- 你自己可能有点黑人血统.
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》