释义 |
Vietnik orig. U.S.|ˈviːɛtnɪk| [f. Viet(nam + -nik after beatnik.] (A usu. pejorative term applied to) an active opponent of American military involvement in the war between North and South Vietnam. Also attrib. Cf. peacenik.
1965Time 22 Oct. 25a/1 A ragtag collection of unshaven and unscrubbed—they could be called Vietniks—turned out last weekend to promote the most popular new anti-cause. Ibid., The Vietnik rallies—which also attracted some tweedy faculty members..—seemed to bear out a Senate Internal Security report issued last week. 1966Wall St. Jrnl. 31 Mar. 18/2 If the Communists believe that draft-card-burners and other Vietniks represent majority American opinion, they are simply misinformed. 1969T.V. Times (Brisbane) 4 June 6/1, I am opposed to the Vietniks who want us to get out... I saw too many twisted bodies of women and children, mutilated by the Vietcong. 1977Time 18 Apr. 47/2 Sometimes the argument has sounded like a replay of old Vietnik protests. |