peculiar institution

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. slavery derogatory,euphemistic,uncountable
    — He became a great drunkard and a great gambler (vices intimately connected with the "peculiar institution,") and was obliged to give up his business.

词形变化

the peculiar institution canonical

词源

"Peculiar" here does not mean strange. It means "peculiar" (particular) to a certain area, in this case the Southern United States.
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