| 释义 |
Eta, eta3|ˈeɪtə|
[Jap.]
A member of a class of Japanese outcasts. Also collect. and attrib.
1897A. M. Knapp Feudal & Modern Japan I. v. 173 The cause of the intense repulsion and contempt with which the Japanese have regarded the eta class is unknown. Ibid., No pariah class of any nation has ever been under a greater ban of disdain and contempt than have the eta of Japan. Ibid. 174 The spot where an eta has been standing must be sprinkled with salt if a Japanese would tread there without contamination. 1906Westm. Gaz. 28 July 12/2 Hoshiko, eta though she be, full of the supreme devotion. 1955Times 14 July 11/4 He visited the Ainu,..the Etas (those mysterious out⁓castes), and strip-tease shows. 1958Ibid. 9 Sept. 9/7 The pitiable existence of many people of eta origin..has hampered their emancipation. 1960Koestler Lotus & Robot ii. vi. 176 The eta—the sweepers, scavengers and tanners—ceased to be untouchables. 1969Daily Tel. 6 Mar. 16/5 The continuation of a practice in Japan..which permits 3,000,000 people known as ‘eta’ or ‘the untouchables’ to live in 6,000 outcast hamlets isolated from the people by centuries-old discrimination. |