wetback

名词 n.
中文释义
发音 wĕtbăk

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A Mexican or Central American who illegally enters the United States of America from its southern border. derogatory,slang
    — 1920, Temporary admission of illiterate Mexican laborers: Hearings before the Committee on Immigration and Naturalization, House of Representatives, 66th Congress, 2nd Session, p. 141, Mr. HUDSPETH. […] I stood here and did all in my power to keep the “wetback” […] from coming across. And I stand here to-day asking for that. The CHAIRMAN. […] What is a “wetback”? Mr. HUDSPETH. You have heard a “wetback” described; he is a fellow that crosses the river surreptitiously.
  2. A person of the mestizo race; a mojado. derogatory,slang

词形变化

wetbacks plural

词汇关系

衍生词
whiteback
相关词
illegal alien illegal

词源

First used in the 1920s from the presumed effects of swimming or wading across the Rio Grande. Used by the U.S. Government in 1954 with Operation Wetback.
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