tarbrush

['tɑ:brʌʃ]

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].

  双语例句

  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》

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