英语词汇“yankee”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

　

单词	yankee
释义	Trends of Yankee View usage for: Yankee (jæŋki) Word forms: plural Yankees 1. countable noun A Yankee is a person from a northern or north-eastern state of the United States. [mainly US] 2. countable noun Some speakers of British English refer to anyone from the United States as a Yankee. This use could cause offence. [informal] Yankee in British English (ˈjæŋkɪ) or informal Yank noun 1. often derogatory a native or inhabitant of the US; American 2. a native or inhabitant of New England 3. a native or inhabitant of the Northern US, esp a Northern soldier in the Civil War 4. communications a code word for the letter y 5. finance a bond issued in the US by a foreign borrower adjective 6. of, relating to, or characteristic of Yankees Word origin C18: perhaps from Dutch Jan Kees John Cheese, nickname used derisively by Dutch settlers in New York to designateEnglish colonists in Connecticut Yankee in American English (ˈjæŋki) noun 1. US a person born or living in New England 2. US a. a person born or living in a Northern State; Northerner b. a Union soldier in the Civil War 3. US a person born or living in the U.S. adjective US 4. of, like, or characteristic of the Yankees Word origin < ? Du Jan Kees (taken as pl.) < Jan, John + Kees, dial. form of kaas, cheese; orig. (Jan Kaas) used as disparaging nickname for a Hollander, later for Dutch freebooter; appliedby colonial Dutch in New York to English settlers in Connecticut Word lists with Yankee code words Definition of 'Yankee'
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