Montezuma's revenge

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˌmɒn.təˈzuː.məz ɹɪˈvɛndʒ/    美 /ˌmɔ.ɾ̃əˈzu.məz ɹəˈvɛndʒ/|/- ɹɪˈvɛndʒ/|/- ɹiˈvɛndʒ/|[ˌmɔ.nəˈzu.məz -]

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Diarrhea experienced by tourists after drinking water or eating food in Mexico as a result of a microorganism to which native Mexicans are immune. euphemistic,humorous,uncountable
    — Montezuma's Revenge, everybody knows, is the persistent intestinal illness that spoils the good humour of tourists in the tropics. Could there be a Montezuma's Revenge of the soul? There could. We caught it.

词形变化

Moctezuma’s revenge alternative

词源

Named for Montezuma or Moctezuma II (c. 1466 – 1520), the last Aztec ruler before the empire was conquered by the Spanish. The condition is seen as “retribution” for the massacres and enslavement of the Aztec people by the Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés on August 13, 1521.
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