chinaman

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A dealer in porcelain (china). obsolete
  2. A left-arm unorthodox bowling action (left-arm wrist-spin). dated
    — Several cricketers came up to them and asked Pradeep about his effortless action mimicry and his promising chinaman bowling.
  3. A spin bowler who uses such an action.
  4. A ball delivered with such an action.

词形变化

chinamen plural chinamen plural

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
English china
English -man
English chinaman
From china (“porcelain”) + -man.
词源 2
From Chinaman, a dated, now offensive term for a Chinese person. Compare Chinese (“unfamiliar, unexpected”). Named in reference to Ellis Achong, a West Indian player of Chinese descent.
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