| 释义 |
gaijin, n. and a.|gaɪˈdzɪn|
Pl. unchanged.
[a. Jap. gaijin, contraction of gaikoku-jin, f. gai foreign country + jin person.]
A. n. A Japanese term for a foreigner or alien; a non-Japanese person.
B. attrib. or as adj. Of or relating to a gaijin; foreign, alien.
1964I. Fleming You only live Twice (1965) xiii. 121 Bond would be explained away to the elders as a famous gaijin anthropologist. 1968Sat. Rev. (U.S.) 20 Jan. 40/2, I also learned that, according to visiting gaijin..Japanese bath water is inhumanly hot and impossible to endure. 1980‘J. Melville’ Chrysanthemum Chain (1981) 27, I can't imagine what those two gaijin thought of the sort of organisation I run. Ibid. 34 ‘All his friends were men.’ ‘Gaijin as well as Japanese?’ 1985S. Sucharitikul Alien Swordmaster iii. xvi. 122 They came for the gaijin martial arts master... They said he was hiding in the institute. 1989Japan Times 21 May 18/7 My, what a lovely little ‘half’ girl. Your husband must be a gaijin. 1992Sunday Times 18 Oct. v. 7/3 Stories of gaijin crime abound in the headlines, as Korean thieves and Nigerian credit card fraudsters head to this previously crime-free country. |