单词 | cholo |
释义 | cholo[ choh-loh ] / ˈtʃoʊ loʊ / noun, plural cho·los.Chiefly Southwestern U.S.(especially among Mexican Americans) a teenage boy who is a member of a street gang. Usually Disparaging. a term used to refer to a Mexican or Mexican American. a mestizo of Spanish America. Origin of choloFirst recorded in 1850–55; from Mexican Spanish: “mestizo, peasant,” possibly a shortening of Cholollán (from Nahuatl Cholōllān, modern Cholula ), a city-state in pre-Columbian Mexico usage note for choloWhen used of a Mexican or Mexican American, the term cholo usually refers disparagingly to an immigrant who is considered to be low-class and poorly educated. However, cholo is also a term of self-reference used by Mexican American youths. Words nearby cholocholinomimetic, cholinoreactive, cholinoreceptor, cholla, chollers, cholo, chololith, Cholon, choloyl, Cholula, choluria Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for cholo
Medical definitions for cholocholo- pref.Variant ofchole- The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. |
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