释义 |
non-black, a. and n. [non- 3, 2.] A. adj. Not black; spec. (also non-Black), of, pertaining to, or being a person or persons who are not Black. B. n. A non-Black person.
1926D. M. Liddell Handbk. Non-Ferrous Metallurgy I. ix. 283 No radiation pyrometer has been found to be very useful for measuring temperatures of non-black bodies. 1930Social Sci. Abstr. June 1011 In the non-black land the rush toward individual appropriation was naturally less than in the black soil belt. 1970Guardian Weekly 22 Aug. 7 At the University of Natal, non-white students..refer to whites as ‘non-blacks’. 1971Black Scholar Jan. 27/2 The argument goes that black artists..must move beyond race in their work to some mythical human (non-black) understanding. 1973Black World Apr. 20/2 Expertly directed by a non-Black, the musical played to standing-room audiences. 1973S. Henderson Understanding New Black Poetry 9 Is it possible that, given a Black Poetic Structure, a non-Black can create in this form—as whites play jazz, for example? |