Refugee Regatta

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AU

词形变化

Refugee Regattas 复数 Refugee Regattas

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An influx of illegal immigrants or refugees attempting to enter the country by sea; an influx of boat people.

    澳大利亚 非正式 冒犯 俚语

    1983, Redgum, Caught In The Act, song, on the album Caught in the Act, Get an Esky, fill it full of cans, get your dope, go down to the beach, roll a big spliff about that long sit on the beach at sunset, have a few cans, and watch what they call up in Darwin the Refugee Regatta.

词源

From refugee + regatta (“boat race”), referring to the fact that the influxes tend to be seasonal, occurring normally during the cooler months.

来源：wiktionary