Karen

大妈

发音

其它
/ˈkæɹən/
/kəˈɹɛn/
US
CA
其它 /kəˈɹɪ̟n/
/ˈkɛɹən/

词形变化

Karens 复数

别名

Caren Caron Caryn Karin Karyn Garen Kārēn Qarin Qārin Kārin

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A middle-aged white woman who exhibits a strong sense of white privilege and entitlement—often rooted in racism against minority races—and frequently targets or antagonizes individuals who face greater societal challenges or must work significantly harder than she.

    大妈

    贬义 俚语
  2. 2.

    Any person, especially female, exhibiting an exaggerated sense of entitlement.

    贬义 引申义

    This Karen threatened to get me fired if I didn't give her a free meal.

    2021 Adam Korson as Phil Orley in "Ft. Ghost Child", episode five of SurrealEstate The organization wasn't meeting my needs, so I became a total Karen and asked to see the manager. He wasn't available so I took my business elsewhere.

  3. 1.

    A member of a diverse ethnic group originating in Myanmar and Thailand.

    克伦人

    克伦族

name
  1. 1.

    A female given name from Ancient Greek.

    Left you a lover in that far land, / O Karen sad, that you pine so long! / Would I could unravel and understand / That sorrowful, sweet Norwegian song!

    I was not called Karen after Hans Andersen's dancing girl, but after a Danish friend of my mother's who married an Englishman and was my godmother. So much for our family affairs.

  2. 1.

    One of the seven great Parthian feudal families.

    历史
  3. 2.

    A transliteration of the Armenian male given name Կարեն (Karen).

  4. 1.

    A group of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken by people of the Karen ethnic group, also called Karenic.

    克伦语

  5. 2.

    Former name of Kayin (“state (administrative division) of Myanmar”).

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词源

From Danish Karen, a vernacular form of Catherine that arose in medieval Denmark. The sense "middle-aged woman" comes from the popularity of the name among baby boomers and Gen-Xers. The derogatory usage was popularized via African-American Vernacular English.

来源:wiktionary