| 释义 |
Rastus U.S.|ˈræstəs|
[Prob. shortened form of the personal name Erastus.]
A name applied joc. in a number of songs and moving picture films to a ‘typical’ Negro, subsequently used as an offensive term for a Black person.
1895K. Mills Rastus on Parade (song) 5 No use in talking he's hot stuff, Is Rastus when on Parade. 1909C. W. Hayes in Lippincott's Mag. May 636 (title) Rastus's baby. 1910Moving Picture World 7 May 749/2 Rastus in Zululand.—Rastus is an odd-jobs man, that is he does odd jobs when he has to. 1932F. DuBose Episodes in Black & White 1 Two little pickaninnies were sitting by the fire when in came Uncle Rastus with a pumpkin pie. 1932E. V. White Chocolate Drops from South 13 Mandy: ‘Rastus, yo' makes me think yo' got the equator on yo'.’ Rastus: ‘How cum, Mandy?’ Mandy: ‘Yo' got sech a hot line!’ 1944H. L. Mencken in Amer. Speech XIX. 172 In my boyhood Cuffy had disappeared and Sambo was being supplanted by Rastus. 1955W. Moore Bring Jubilee vi. 59, I call him Sambo because it sounds nicer than Rastus. 1965W. McCord Mississippi: Long Hot Summer vi. 163 Leaders like Medgar Evers..discovered in the armed forces a new sense of personal dignity... They returned to their state determined to play roles other than ‘Sambo’ and ‘Rastus’. 1965‘Malcolm X’ Autobiogr. (1966) ii. 104 Wherever I showed my face..the audiences ‘niggered’ and ‘cooned’ me to death. Or called me ‘Rastus’. 1978J. Blackburn Dead Man's Handle vi. 73 On your way, Rastus. Me and Massa's buddies. |