jackaroo

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A white man living outside of a white settlement. Australia,obsolete
  2. A trainee station manager or owner, working as a stockman or farm hand; formerly, a young man of independent means working at a station in a supernumerary capacity to gain experience. Australia
    — But this is the tale of a Jackaroo that came from a foreign strand, / And the fight that he fought with Saltbush Bill, the King of the Overland.
动词 v.
  1. To work as a jackaroo. intransitive
    — Bill has gone jackarooing out west.

词形变化

jackaroos plural jackeroo alternative jackaroos present,singular,third-person jackarooing participle,present jackarooed participle,past jackarooed past jackeroo alternative

词源

词源 1
Obscure. Possibly from an Aboriginal term meaning wandering white man.
词源 2
Obscure. Possibly from an Aboriginal term meaning wandering white man.
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