wetback

美 [ˈwetbæk]英 [ˈwetbæk]
  • n.湿背人(从墨西哥到美国的移民,尤指偷渡者)

复数: wetbacks

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noun

US taboo slang湿背人(从墨西哥到美国的移民,尤指偷渡者)
an offensive word for a Mexican person, especially one who enters the US illegally

wetback

频次

  • 1
    N-COUNT “湿背人”(指为了生活或工作,非法进入美国的墨西哥人或美籍墨西哥人)
    Wetback is sometimes used to refer to a Mexican or a Mexican-American who has entered the United States illegally in order to work or live there.

noun

1
(ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Mexican descent
Synonym: greaser taco

数据来源:WordNet

  1. But it says something that he 's coming to us and not that wetback .

    他之前只是找我们也没说是那墨西哥的事。

  2. An analysis and comparison is conducted of the construction of existing model WNS oil fired and gas fired boiler proper . On this basis the authors point out that the elimination of its back burning furnace represents an improvement in the right direction for three pass wetback boilers .

    对现有的WNS型燃油、燃气锅炉的本体结构进行了分析比较,指出对于三回程湿背式锅炉去掉回燃室是其改进的一个方向;