rex-pat

短语

发音

AU

词形变化

rex-pats 复数 rex-pats

别名

rex-patriate

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A repeat expatriate; one who becomes expatriated again.

    美国 非正式

    A rex-pat is a returning expatriate, an ex-pat has been here, goes home to America, takes a job, maybe goes to law school, maybe does well in America but can't get Prague out of his or her blood and returns to Prague to live again.

词源

Blend of repeat + expat. Attributed to Alan Levy, an expatriate who edited The Prague Post from 1990 until his death in 2004.

来源:wiktionary