peckerwood

n. 啄木鸟

发音

US /ˈpɛkɚwʊd/
AU
UK /ˈpɛkəwʊd/

词形变化

peckerwoods 复数 peckerwoods

别名

peckawood pecker

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A woodpecker.

    俚语
  2. 2.

    A peckerwood sawmill.

  3. 3.

    A white person, especially a Southerner, or one who is ignorant, rustic, or bigoted.

    美国 冒犯 俚语
  4. 4.

    A white (male) inmate, especially one who is racist or who is a member of a race-based prison gang.

    俚语

词汇关系

名词

同义词 2

pecker woodpecker

下位词 10

redhead flicker downy woodpecker green woodpecker ivory-bill ivory-billed woodpecker piculet red-headed woodpecker sapsucker wryneck

相关短语

peckerwood sawmill peckerwood sawmills

词源

Inversion of woodpecker. Application to white people is due to the perception that the woodpecker is a symbol of whites, whereas the crow or blackbird is a symbol of blacks.

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