| 释义 |
▪ I. hombre Chiefly U.S.|ˈɒmbreɪ|
[Sp.; cf. ombre.]
A man of Spanish descent; by extension, a man.
1846S. S. Magoffin Down Santa Fé Trail (1926) 93 Not only the children, but..hombres (men) swarmed around me like bees. 1851N. Kingsley Diary 2 Feb. (1914) 172 [I] had a fine sing in the evening with three or four other ‘hombres’. 1918C. E. Mulford Man fr. Bar-20 viii. 79 ‘Friend of this hombre?’ ‘Yes; sort of.’ 1930[see fix n. 5]. 1930London Mercury Feb. 324 ‘Look here,’ said Clytemnestra..‘is this hombre worth it?’ ‘If you don't think so, leave him to me.’ 1940Amer. Speech XV. 220/2 Cowboys living a rough and hardy existence occasionally develop into ‘tough hombres’. 1957Times Lit. Suppl. 25 Oct. 646/4 This book describes the doings of the bad hombre. 1972P. Cleife Slick & Dead xxx 250, I had to find a tough hombre with enough guts and initiative to act on his own.
▪ II. hombre
var. ombre. |