单词 | Uncle Tom |
释义 | Uncle Tom (once / 3436 pages) n WORD FAMILY Uncle Tom: Uncle Toms USAGE EXAMPLESSome called him an “Uncle Tom,” a slur for African Americans accused of deferring to white people; others threatened violence. Reuters(Nov 09, 2016) Some students were furious at Dillard’s president, Walter Kimbrough, shouting that he was an “Uncle Tom” for allowing the debate to happen at all. Slate(Nov 03, 2016) They wondered whether friends or relatives would call him a sellout, or maybe an Uncle Tom. Washington Post(Oct 21, 2016) 1n a servile black character in a novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe Exp character, fictional character, fictitious character an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story) 2n (ethnic slur) offensive and derogatory name for a Black man who is abjectly servile and deferential to Whites Syn|Hyper Tom Black, Black person, Negro, Negroid, blackamoor a person with dark skin who comes from Africa (or whose ancestors came from Africa) |
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