Refugee Regatta

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An influx of illegal immigrants or refugees attempting to enter the country by sea; an influx of boat people. Australia,colloquial,offensive,slang
    — 1983, Redgum, Caught In The Act, song, on the album Caught in the Act, Get an Esky, fill it full of cans, get your dope, go down to the beach, roll a big spliff about that long sit on the beach at sunset, have a few cans, and watch what they call up in Darwin the Refugee Regatta.

词形变化

Refugee Regattas plural

词源

From refugee + regatta (“boat race”), referring to the fact that the influxes tend to be seasonal, occurring normally during the cooler months.
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