| 释义 |
ˈcorn-ˌeater
An eater of corn; spec. a name formerly given in North America to those Indians who yielded to the influences of civilization.
1841–4Emerson Ess. Ser. ii. ii. (1876) 57 The lights of the church, the ascetics, Gentoos and corn-eaters she [Nature] does not distinguish by any favor. |