negro

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n. 黑人 a. 黑人的

发音

US /ˈniɡɹoʊ/
/ˈnɪɡɹoʊ/
其它 /ˈnɪɡɹə/
UK /ˈniːɡɹəʊ/

词形变化

negroes 复数 negroes negros negros 复数

别名

kneegrow Negro negroe niggro nigro nigroe

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A person of black African ancestry.

    黑人

    乌人

    过时 冒犯
  2. 2.

    A slave, especially one of African ancestry.

    古体
adj.
  1. 1.

    Relating to a black ethnicity.

    过时 冒犯
  2. 2.

    Black or dark brown in color.

    过时 冒犯

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词源

Borrowed from Spanish and Portuguese negro (“black”), from Latin nigrum (“shiny black”), of uncertain origin, but possibly from Proto-Indo-European *negʷ- (“bare; night”). Doublet of noir.

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