spic

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n. 内插法测船位计算机；美籍西班牙人；在美国讲西班牙语的人

发音

其它 /ˈspɪk/

词形变化

spics 复数 spics

别名

spick spik

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Synonym of Latino, an inhabitant of Latin America or person of Latin American descent.

    美国 贬义 冒犯
  2. 2.

    Synonym of Italian, an inhabitant of Italy or person of Italian descent.

    美国

词汇关系

名词

同义词 2

spick spik

上位词 2

latino Latin American

相关短语

spic and span spick-and-span a. 崭新的, 新格调的, 极干净的

词源

First attested in this spelling in the 1910s, from earlier spig, spiggoty, spikity, generally taken to derive from a (stereotype of a) Hispanic pronunciation of "(no) speak d(e) English" (especially as used by the laborers who dug the Panama Canal). There are also later (1960s) suggestions that the term referred instead to Italians and derives from spaghetti, but there is little to back this up.

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