w字母开头的词汇列表
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white-collar(adj.)
在1911年, 或许是1909年, 源自 white (形容词)和 collar (名词)。
The white collar men are your clerks; they are your bookkeepers, your cashiers, your office men. We call them the 'white collar men' in order to distinguish them from the men who work with uniform and overalls and carry the dinner pails. The boys over on the West side got that name for them. It was supposed to be something a little better than they were. [Malcolm McDowell, quoted in Chicago Commerce, June 12, 1914]
白领是指文员, 会计, 出纳员, 办公室工作人员。我们称他们为"白领",以区别于穿着制服和工作服、携带饭盒的工人。西侧的人们为他们取了这个名字。这被认为是比他们稍微好一些的东西。[马尔科姆·麦克道尔(Malcolm McDowell),摘自《芝加哥商业报》,1914年6月12日]
White-collar crime 于1957年被证明存在(曾有一份 white-collar criminaloids 发表于1934年)。
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whitefish(n.)
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white-hot(adj.)
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whitey(n.)
"白人,欧洲血统的人",1828年,也称为 whity,来自 white(形容词)+ -y(2)和 -y(3)。早期用作形容词,而 Whitey-brown 是19世纪的描述性颜色名称,用于描述混血儿的皮肤。
Negro troops doing provost duty in Norfolk; keeping the white people in order. On a visit to Norfolk one can see white Southerners, arrested for sundry misdemeanors, working on the public streets, under negro guards. ... It is quite a change to see, in Norfolk, negroes forcing white men to work, at the point of the bayonet; calling out to them: "No loaf'n dar!" "Move quicker, Sah!" "Hurry up dar, Old Whitey!" and similar orders. Tables turned! [diary of Lieut. S. Millett Thompson, 13th New Hampshire Volunteer regiment, U.S. Army, Jan. 25, 1864; diary published 1888 by Houghton, Mifflin & Co.]
在诺福克执行警务任务的黑人部队; 维持白人的秩序。在访问诺福克期间,人们可以看到被捕的白人南方人在公共街道上工作,由黑人警卫看管。…这是一个相当大的变化,看到在诺福克,黑人用刺刀迫使白人工作; 对他们喊道:“不要偷懒!”“走快点,先生!”“快点,老白人!”和类似的命令。局势逆转了![S. Millett Thompson 中尉的日记,第13新罕布什尔志愿团,美国陆军,1864年1月25日; 日记由霍顿,米夫林公司于1888年出版。]
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whiten(v.)
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white-out(n.)
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white-tail(n.)
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whitewash(v.)
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whither(adv., conj.)
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whithersoever(adv.)