Tar Heel

短语

焦油脚人（美国北卡罗来纳州人的绰号）

词形变化

Tar Heels 复数 Tar Heels

别名

Tarheeler Tarheel

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Synonym of North Carolinian.

    美国 俚语

    I'm a Tar Heel born I'm a Tar Heel bred And when I die I'm a Tar Heel dead.

  2. 2.

    A person associated with or supportive of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

    美国 俚语

    Michael Jordan is one of many Tar Heel basketball standouts.

name
  1. 1.

    A small town in Bladen County, North Carolina.

  2. 2.

    An unincorporated community in Hickman County, Kentucky.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

North Carolinian

上位词 1

American

词源

North Carolina was associated with tar (of which it was a major producer) from the 1700s onwards, and residents were (at first derisively) called "Tarboilers" since at least the 1840s; "Tar Heel" is first attested in 1863 in comments by Confederate soldiers which suggest it was already in common use at that time. One popular theory suggests it refers to North Carolinians having tar on their heels to make them "stick", referring either to their reluctance to join the Confederacy, or to their holding ground during battles when other states' troops retreated.

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