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tarbrush


n.

    柏油刷

    [蔑语、贬义、冒犯语、俚语]黑人血统;印第安人血统

    短语:

  • a dash (或 lick, touch) of the tarbrush [蔑语](混有)黑人(或印第安人)血统

英文词源

tarbrush (n.)
1711, from tar (n.1) + brush (n.1). To have a touch of the tarbrush "have a dash of African ancestry visible in the skin tone" (1796) was "a term of contempt from the West Indies" [Century Dictionary].

实用例句

1. You might have a touch of the tarbrush yourself.
你自己可能有点黑人血统.
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》