| 单词 | roundeye |
| 释义 | > as lemmasroundeye roundeye n. slang a person of European, as opposed to Asian, origin; cf. slant-eye n. at slant adv. and adj. Compounds 1b. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > [noun] Roumia1576 European1578 Feringhee1634 topi-wallah1826 continental1828 continentalist1834 Dutchman1857 Atlanticist1885 roundeye1955 mainland European1975 Euro1980 the world > people > ethnicities > division of mankind by physical characteristics > person by shape of eyes or forehead > [noun] slant-eye1929 slant1942 slope1948 slopy1948 roundeye1955 slopehead1966 1955 J. Sack From here to Shimbashi xx. 207 If you are ever a soldier in the Far East..an odd change will come over you. You will begin to talk of America as ‘Ike's Island’, and of the people who live there as ‘round-eyes’. 1967 Guardian 16 Aug. 6/5 Many Europeans have been assaulted simply because they were ‘roundeyes’. 1977 ‘J. le Carré’ Honourable Schoolboy vi. 125 In the East a roundeye could live all his life in the same block and never have the smallest notion of the secret tic-tac on his doorstep. 2001 R. L. Eickhoff Return to Ithaca xvi. 164 Bong Dien, it is good you are here. The men are tired and the Roundeyes may be close. < as lemmas |
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