| 单词 | chinese helicopter |
| 释义 | > as lemmasChinese helicopter Chinese helicopter n. Singapore English derogatory a Singaporean whose schooling was conducted in Mandarin Chinese and who has limited knowledge of English.For an unverified explanation of the term's origin, see quot. 1985. ΚΠ 1981 Straits Times (Singapore) 15 July 15/6 A student I know..passed all his papers except the English proficiency paper... Chinese Helicopter. 1985 M. Chiang Army Daze 43 The story goes that a recruit, when asked what school he came from, answered ‘Chinese helucated’, which went down in the army annals as Chinese helicopter.] 1997 Straits Times (Singapore) (Nexis) 20 July 18 It took him two years..to get rid of his ‘Chinese helicopter accent’. 2008 D. Leo Life's so like Dat (rev. ed.) 25 Lee will have you know that he came through an English medium school. He feels insulted by any suggestion that he is a ‘Chinese helicopter’. < as lemmas |
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