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

tar baby

noun informal

1A difficult problem that is only aggravated by attempts to solve it: disposal of nuclear waste was a problem whose solution was endlessly delayed, a tar baby no one wanted anything to do with...

What makes their revolution even more unlikely is that they have collectively picked up the two ‘tar babies’ of American swimming - club support/development and governance.
I don't know how we would have let go of that tar baby once we had grabbed hold of it.
Yes, this is the enigmatic legacy of the 1960s, that tar baby of American cultural politics.

2US offensive A contemptuous term for a black person.

The term tar baby is most commonly used to refer to a difficult problem that is only aggravated by attempts to solve it, alluding to an incident in Joel Chandler Harris’s Uncle Remus (1881). The use as a racial slur arose by the 1940s, and because of its highly offensive nature, the original meaning is now often regarded as offensive by association

Origin

With allusion to the doll smeared with tar as a trap for Brer Rabbit, in J. C. Harris's Uncle Remus.

单词	tar baby
释义	tar baby noun informal 1A difficult problem that is only aggravated by attempts to solve it: disposal of nuclear waste was a problem whose solution was endlessly delayed, a tar baby no one wanted anything to do with... What makes their revolution even more unlikely is that they have collectively picked up the two ‘tar babies’ of American swimming - club support/development and governance. I don't know how we would have let go of that tar baby once we had grabbed hold of it. Yes, this is the enigmatic legacy of the 1960s, that tar baby of American cultural politics. 2US offensive A contemptuous term for a black person. The term tar baby is most commonly used to refer to a difficult problem that is only aggravated by attempts to solve it, alluding to an incident in Joel Chandler Harris’s Uncle Remus (1881). The use as a racial slur arose by the 1940s, and because of its highly offensive nature, the original meaning is now often regarded as offensive by association Origin With allusion to the doll smeared with tar as a trap for Brer Rabbit, in J. C. Harris's Uncle Remus.
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