单词 | race row |
释义 | > as lemmasrace row race row n. a violent disturbance resulting from racial tension or hostility; a race riot; (also) a dispute or controversy relating to race. ΚΠ 1891 Washington Post 4 Oct. 1/5 (heading) Race row on a train. A young lady shot during a fight between blacks and whites. 1925 F. C. Howe Confessions Reformer xxiv. 244 ‘Have you the effrontery to assume that..a negro might hope to be elected the President of these United States?’ There was a long pause.., and everybody got ready for a good race row. 1956 Oakland (Calif.) Tribune 14 Aug. 5 e/3 (headline) Race row flares near convention. 2006 Sun (Nexis) 23 Oct. Judge sparked a race row by announcing that all Chinese people ‘look the same’. < as lemmas |
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