| 释义 |
barrio Chiefly N. Amer.|ˈbærɪəʊ|
[a. Sp. barrio district, suburb.]
1. A ward or quarter of a city or town in Spain or a Spanish-speaking country; in some Spanish-speaking countries, a rural settlement. Also attrib.
1841Borrow Zincali I. i. xii. 199 The quarters (barrios) where they now live with the denomination of Gitános. 1892E. J. Payne Hist. Amer. I. ii. 482 Tezcatlipoca..was considered to be the tutelary god of Huitznahuac, one of the six quarters or barrios of which this pueblo was composed. 1899A. Last tr. P. F. X. Baranera's Handbk. Philippine Islands 45 Each town, or township, is divided into wards or barrios, the headsman of which is called cabeza de barangay. 1934W. Starkie Spanish Raggle-Taggle xxxv. 436, I found myself in the barrio de Tetuan, the guest of my Gypsy friends. 1963New Yorker 8 June 145 All the barrios have their own elected councils..each headed by a barrio lieutenant. 1972N.Y. Times 1 June 18/8 On Monday, most of the Protestants of a tiny Puerto Rican barrio 20 miles outside San Juan gathered for a gay send-off for their pastor and seven friends. 1985Sunday Times 13 Jan. 8/4 When he gets back home..his supporters will hear about the barrio Jorge Dimitrov, an exceedingly poor neighbourhood in Managua which he was taken to see.
2. A Spanish-speaking district in a U.S. city or town, esp. a poor neighbourhood populated by immigrants. Also attrib.
1939Time 13 Mar. 78/2 At 110th Street, Manhattan's..Fifth Avenue..plunges into a new world—the teeming, Spanish-speaking slums, or barrio, of Lower Harlem. 1954J. H. Burma Spanish-speaking Groups iii. 88 Always in the Southwest and commonly throughout the rest of the United States, the Mexican lives in a segregated section of town. He calls it the barrio or the colonia. 1969L. Kennedy Very Lovely People i. 100 I've been living in a barrio... Oh, those barrio people are sweet. 1971Daily Colonist (Victoria, B.C.) 2 Feb. 3/7 An overnight curfew brought calm to the East Los Angeles Mexican-American barrio Monday. 1978Guardian Weekly 30 Apr. 17/3 The Mexican-American sections of Phoenix are organized into 16 barrios—or neighbourhoods. 1985G. Paley Later Same Day 84 I'd never fool around with a Spanish guy. They all have tough ladies back in the barrio. |