Portugoose

词形变化

Portugeese 复数 Portugeese

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A Portuguese person.

    非正式 冒犯

    1923, Ernest Bramah, The Eyes of Max Carrados A handy man, that assistant, Wynn. He was a half-bred 'Portugoose,' as they say in Bombay, with the name of Vasque d'Almeydo, and I understood that he'd had some training.

词源

Misrepresentation of Portuguese as following the same pattern as goose → geese.

来源:wiktionary