high-cheekboner

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Synonym of box checker (“someone who is counted in an organization as representing a minority ethnic group but who is so assimilated into the dominant culture that their ethnic status becomes meaningless”). US
    — And according to NBC Universal, only 0.4 percent of its workforce identifies as Native—self-identified “Indians”—meaning anyone on staff can claim to be Native American by checking the box, including people known in Indian Country as “box-checkers” or “high-cheekboners.”

词形变化

high-cheekboners plural

词源

From high + cheekbone + -er.
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