Colored People's Time

短语

发音

AU

别名

CPT

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A notional system of time (or time zone) which others sometimes derogatorily ascribe to African Americans, and which they sometimes jocularly ascribe to themselves, to account for their supposed tendency to be tardy.

    美国 过时 贬义 俚语 不可数

    “Colored People's Time,” King said with a grin. “It always takes us longer to get where we're going.”

词源

From its facetious treatment as a time zone.

来源：wiktionary