wetback

英式音标：[ˈwetbæk]

美式音标：[ˈwɛtˌbæk]

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概况：

n. 非法入境的农业劳工（尤指非法入境的墨西哥劳工）

词义：

n.

“湿背人”（尤指非法进入美国的墨西哥人）；

变形

复数：wetbacks

英英释义

wetback[ 'wetbæk ]

n.offensive terms for a person of Mexican descent

同义词：greasertaco

用法：

权威例句

Wetback heating apparatus

WETBACK HEATING APPARATUS

Return of the wetback

Los Mojados: The Wetback Story.

The "wetback"as deviant: an application of labeling theory

A Critical Analysis of the Wetback Problem

Incontinence pads: recommending the best product-based wetback performance and price

Unauthorized Immigration, Securitization and the Making of Operation Wetback

Si Hablas Espanol Eres Mojado (If You Speak Spanish You are a Wetback): Spanish as an Identity Marker in the Lives of Mexicano Child...

The Crimes and Consequences of Illegal Immigration: A Cross-Border Examination of Operation Wetback, 1943 to 1954

英语词源：

wetback (n.)

"illegal Mexican immigrant to the U.S.," c. 1924, from wet (adj.) + back (n.); from notion of wading the Rio Grande.

造句：

1. The " e " in " time " is a silent letter.

time中的e不发音.

来自《简明英汉词典》

2. She studied him for the longest time, looking wryly amused.

她面带苦笑，盯着他看了很长时间。

来自柯林斯例句

3. In her spare time she read books on cooking.

业余时间里她看一些烹饪方面的书籍。

来自柯林斯例句

4. She spent a period of time working with people dying of cancer.

她有一段时间曾帮助垂危的癌症患者。

来自柯林斯例句

5. Mark had for some time been making advances towards her.

马克追她已经有一段时间了。

来自柯林斯例句

[ time 造句 ]