| 单词 | uncle tom's cabin |
| 释义 | Uncle Tom's Cabinnounan antislavery novel (1852) by Harriet Beecher Stowe. Words nearby Uncle Tom's Cabinunclench, Uncle Remus, Uncle Sam, Uncle Tom, Uncle Tomism, Uncle Tom's Cabin, Uncle Vanya, uncloak, unclog, unclose, unclosed Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Cultural definitions for Uncle Tom's CabinUncle Tom's Cabin (1852) A novel, first published serially, by Harriet Beecher Stowe; it paints a grim picture of life under slavery. The title character is a pious, passive slave, who is eventually beaten to death by the overseer Simon Legree. notes for Uncle Tom's CabinPublished shortly before the Civil War, Uncle Tom's Cabin won support for the antislavery cause. notes for Uncle Tom's CabinAlthough Stowe presents Uncle Tom as a virtuous man, the expression “Uncle Tom” is often used as a term of reproach for a subservient black person who tolerates discrimination. The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |
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