单词 | Uncle Tom |
释义 | tom1 /tom/noun
To work as a prostitute (police and criminal sl) ORIGIN: Short form of Thomas Tom and Jerry noun Hot rum and eggs, spiced and sweetened tomˈcat noun A male cat Tom Collins See under Collins1 Tom-noddˈy noun
Tomˈ-trot noun A kind of toffee Long Tom A long gun, esp one carried amidships on a swivelling carriage Old Tom Gin Tom, Dick, and/or Harry
Tom o’ Bedlam Formerly, a madman let out of an asylum with a licence to beg Tom Tiddler's ground
Uncle Tom see under uncle uncle /ungˈkl/noun
To address as uncle ORIGIN: OFr uncle (Fr oncle), from L avunculus a maternal uncle unˈcleship noun The state of being an uncle uncle Dick or Uncle Dick adjective (Cockney rhyming sl) Sick Uncle Sam noun The United States or its people Uncle Tom noun (US derogatory) A black American whose co-operative attitude to white people is thought to show disloyalty to black people (based on the hero of Harriet Beecher-Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin (1851–2)) cry or say uncle (US) To surrender or admit defeat |
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