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单词 Polack
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Polack

/ˈpəʊlak /
(also polack) derogatory, chiefly North American
noun
A person from Poland or of Polish descent: a joint full of Polacks...
  • In time, their influence began to wane as Germans, and later Italians, Polacks and Slavs started to figure in increasing numbers.
  • Their business is to stay where they are and hold their heads for everybody else to hit, because we're not real Poles and we're not real Germans, and if you're a Kashube, you're not good enough for the Germans or the Polacks.
  • The bigger question, and the one that Moore eventually explores through the prism of our neighbors to the north (who have inexplicably become the new Polacks in our national consciousness), is why do Americans live in a culture of fear?
adjective
Of Polish origin or descent: when we wanted to differentiate more sharply, we might refer to him as the Polack kid...
  • Hamlet encounters Fortinbras' army headed for the Polack wars.

Origin

Late 16th century: from Polish Polak.

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