| 释义 |
Yekke, n. slang. Mildly depreciatory.|ˈjɛkə|
Also with lower case initial, and (U.S.) Yekkie |ˈjɛkɪ|.
[Prob. ad. mod.Heb. yeke, f. Yiddish yeke.]
In Israel, a member of a Jewish community of German origin.
1950G. Mikes Milk & Honey 34 Another important group are the Germans, commonly called Yekke (from Jacke, i.e. jacket, because they have the reputation of always wearing jackets in the country of shirtsleeves). 1972H. Kemelman Monday the Rabbi took Off xlvii. 275 The bunch of Anglo-Saxons and Yekkies that run Hadassah and your hospital, too, you call them real Israelis? 1982M. Tax Rivington St. 84 There were the uptowners, the yekkes, rich fellows from Germany. 1988Jerusalem Post 7 Oct. (‘In Jerusalem’ Suppl.) 9/2 There..is an elderly yekke looking for new solutions. |