| 单词 | rock spider |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrock spider rock spider n. (a) any spider that frequents rocks; (b) South African slang (derogatory and offensive) an Afrikaner. Dict. S. Afr. Eng. (1996) records an oral use from 1970. ΚΠ 1821 Annales générales des sciences physiques 8 89 Ses noms vulgaires sont Sea-Spider ou Rock-Spider, qui signifie araignée maritime ou de rocher. 1909 R. W. Chambers Hide & Seek in Forest-land vi. 43 The big fat fly tumbled about, buzzing and kicking, until the little rock spider had to let go. 1973 Star (Johannesburg) 11 Apr. 3 A professor at the university..took offence at the use of the word ‘rock spider’. 1991 A. Sher Indoor Boy (1992) ii. 13 He looks brutish now. Like only Afrikaners can look, or hairybacks as we call them, or rock-spiders, or crunchies. 2008 Sunday Times (S. Afr.) (Nexis) 9 Nov. 5 I recall the victimisation I suffered as an Afrikaner boy, being called all names from ‘Afrikaner vrot banana’ to ‘rock spider’. < as lemmas |
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