brokeback

形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Hunchbacked. not-comparable,rare
    — Damn those brokeback tramps making a mess of our city.
  2. Homoerotic; homosexual, gay. neologism,not-comparable,slang
    — I don't really think Frodo and Sam were gay, even if a couple of the scenes seemed a little brokeback to me.
  3. Broken; derelict. not-comparable,rare
    — The brokeback bridges in the hills sadden me: this place used to be beautiful.

词形变化

Brokeback alternative

词源

词源 1
From break + back; first used for "hunchback" in Carson McCullers' 1943 novella The Ballad of the Sad Café.
词源 2
From the title of Annie Proulx's 1997 short story "Brokeback Mountain"; popularised by the 2005 film of the same name.
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