| 单词 | wetback |
| 释义 | wetback[ wet-bak ] / ˈwɛtˌbæk / noun Slang: Extremely Disparaging and Offensive.a contemptuous term used to refer to a Mexican laborer who enters the U.S. illegally, as by wading the Rio Grande. Origin of wetbackAn Americanism dating back to 1945–50; wet + back1 Words nearby wetbackWest Yorkshire, wet, weta, wet AMD, wet-and-dry-bulb thermometer, wetback, wet bar, wet behind the ears, Wetbike, wet blanket, wet-bulb thermometer Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for wetbackwetback / (ˈwɛtˌbæk) / nounUS informal, offensive a Mexican labourer who enters the US illegally Word Origin for wetbackC20: illegal immigrants would swim across the Rio Grande river to reach the US Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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