Tonto

词形变化

Tontos 复数 Tontos

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A sidekick.

  2. 2.

    A Native American who accepts a subservient position to a white person.

name
  1. 1.

    The Native American sidekick of the Lone Ranger.

    媒体
  2. 2.

    A member of the Tonto Apaches.

词源

From Spanish tonto (“fool, idiot”), the Spanish name for the tribe, a calque of Western Apache kounʼnde (“wild rough people”). The fictional character (described as Comanche or Potawatomi) either from Potawatomi or named after Tonto Basin, Arizona.

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