kaffir

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈkæfə/    美 /ˈkæfɚ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. In Islamic contexts, a non-Muslim. countable,offensive
    — He […] put me in imminent danger of my life, by telling the natives that I was a Caffer, and not a Mussulman.
  2. A member of the Nguni people of southern Africa, especially a Xhosa. countable,offensive
    — … the Hambonaas, a nation quite different from the Kaffers, having a yellowish complexion […].
  3. A black person. Namibia,Rhodesia,South-Africa,countable,derogatory
    — I rang the bell, and a smiling Kafir boy answered it.
  4. A language spoken by the Nguni peoples of southern Africa, especially Xhosa. historical,offensive,uncountable
    — This man, seeing a white person enter, moved aside for her, but she saw Joss's eyes on her, and said in kitchen kaffir, ‘No, when you've finished.’
  5. South African mining shares countable,historical,slang,uncountable
    — Kaffirs bouyant most of last week
  6. Ellipsis of kaffir corn. abbreviation,alt-of,ellipsis,uncountable
    — This market reports only one or two cars per day, selling by the hundred weight, and at a price a little lower than that of Indian corn. As to the purpose for which the marketed kaffir is used, there is some uncertainty.

词形变化

kaffirs plural Caffer alternative caffre alternative kaffer alternative Kaffir alternative Kaffre alternative kafir alternative kaphar alternative kaphir alternative kafari alternative coffery alternative,obsolete coffree alternative,obsolete coffry alternative,obsolete

词汇关系

衍生词
kaffir beer kaffir bread kaffir cabbage Kaffir Circus kaffir corn kaffir doctor kaffir dog kaffir fink kaffirgram kaffir honeysuckle kaffir lily kaffir lime kaffir melon Kaffir Wars Kaffraria Mine Kaffir
相关词
kafir nigger

词源

Ultimately from Arabic كَفَّار (kaffār, “infidel”) or كَافِر (kāfir, “unbeliever”), both from كَفَرَ (kafara, “to cover, to hide”); in some (especially early) uses, via Spanish cafre, Dutch kaffer or other European languages. Doublet of kafir.
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