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Wetback

발음 /ˈwɛtbæk/ · 품사 명사 (noun)

가장 먼저 보는 뜻

한국어 뜻

검증된 한국어 뜻을 준비 중입니다. 확인되지 않은 자동 번역은 표시하지 않습니다.

영어 정의

(derogatory slang) A Mexican or Central American who illegally enters the United States of America from its southern border..

의미별 영어 정의

(derogatory slang) A Mexican or Central American who illegally enters the United States of America from its southern border.
(derogatory slang) A person of the mestizo race; a mojado.

예문

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.

The charges against the U.S. had cited cases of peonage and labor under forced contracts in Maine, Connecticut, Texas, Arkansas, Georgia and California. They had revealed that thousands of “wetbacks” (i.e., Mexican laborers who wade the Rio Grande in search of work in the U.S.) lived in squalor and poverty, sometimes were paid as little as $8 a week.

He went through a couple of bottles of wine and made a speech denouncing wetbacks and Asian immigrants.

A successful wetback, the limo driver was thinking—that was his assessment of his Mexican-American passenger.

단어 변화형

wetbacks

wetback 동의어

Wetback 사용 팁

wetback의 의미, 어조와 문법이 전체 문장에 맞을 때 사용하세요. 동의어라도 모든 문장에서 바로 바꿔 쓸 수 있는 것은 아닙니다.

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자주 묻는 질문

wetback의 뜻은 무엇인가요?

현재 검증된 한국어 뜻은 준비 중이며 영어 정의는 “(derogatory slang) A Mexican or Central American who illegally enters the United States of America from its southern border.”입니다.

wetback의 동의어는 무엇인가요?

주요 동의어는 mojado, greaser, taco입니다.

wetback의 반의어는 무엇인가요?

정확한 반대말은 사용된 의미에 따라 달라집니다.

wetback를 문장에서 어떻게 쓰나요?