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单词 coolie
释义

coolie

/ˈkuːli /
noun (plural coolies)
1 dated or offensive An unskilled native labourer in India, China, and some other Asian countries.It is a convenient toilet for coolies and labourers....
  • The only other option that they have is to find work in neighbouring towns as coolies in construction or other types of unskilled labour.
  • Surely nobody is counting all those construction workers and coolies that are crowding the place all over.
1.1 offensive A person from South or East Asia.

Origin

Mid 17th century: from Hindi and Telugu kūlī 'day labourer', probably associated with Urdu ḳulī 'slave'.

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