wetback

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n. <美口>“湿背人”(尤指非法进入美国的墨西哥人)

发音

AU /ˈwɛtbæk/

词形变化

wetbacks 复数 wetbacks

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A Mexican or Central American who illegally enters the United States of America from its southern border.

    贬义 俚语

    1920, Temporary admission of illiterate Mexican laborers: Hearings before the Committee on Immigration and Naturalization, House of Representatives, 66th Congress, 2nd Session, p. 141, Mr. HUDSPETH. […] I stood here and did all in my power to keep the “wetback” […] from coming across. And I stand here to-day asking for that. The CHAIRMAN. […] What is a “wetback”? Mr. HUDSPETH. You have heard a “wetback” described; he is a fellow that crosses the river surreptitiously.

  2. 2.

    A person of the mestizo race; a mojado.

    贬义 俚语

词汇关系

名词

同义词 2

taco greaser

上位词 1

Mexican

词源

First used in the 1920s from the presumed effects of swimming or wading across the Rio Grande. Used by the U.S. Government in 1954 with Operation Wetback.

来源：wiktionary