coolie

FREQ #37623

n. 苦力, 小工

发音

AU /ˈkuːli/

词形变化

coolies 复数 coolies

别名

cooli coolee cooly kuli quli koelie

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An unskilled Asian worker, usually of Chinese or Indian descent; a labourer; a porter. Coolies were frequently transported to other countries in the 19th and early 20th centuries as indentured labourers.

    苦力

    咕哩

    苦役

    居里

  2. 2.

    An Indian or a person of Indian descent.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

cooly

上位词 2

Asian Asiatic

相关短语

coolie hat 遮阳草帽, “苦力”帽 coolie hats Coolie Christmas coolie orange coolie oranges

词源

From Hindustani क़ुली / قلی (qulī, “hired laborer”), possibly from Ottoman Turkish قول (kul, “servant”). Another theory says that it is named after Gujarati કોળી (koḷī), a Gujarati tribe or caste. Other forms occur in Bengali কুলি (kuli) and Tamil கூலி (kūli, “daily hire”). Possibly also influenced by Hindustani کولی (kolī) / कोली (kolī, “weaver; low-class”). In Kurdish Koile (کۆیلە) and Quli (قولى): Slave, Servant. Kawli (Keweli): Low-Class, Gypsy. Mandarin 苦力 (kǔlì, “hard labor”) may have been influenced by cognates of the above Hindi word in other languages and may have further influenced English.

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