Negro

英 ['ni?gr??] 美['nigro]

近義詞black

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復數:?Negroes;

Negro 黑人

來自拉丁語niger,黑的，暗的，可能來自PIE*nekw,黑暗，夜晚，詞源同night.

negro: negro: see denigrate
Negro (n.): "member of a black-skinned race of Africa," 1550s, from Spanish or Portuguese negro "black," from Latin nigrum (nominative niger) "black, dark, sable, dusky," figuratively "gloomy, unlucky, bad, wicked," of unknown origin (perhaps from PIE *nekw-t- "night;" see Watkins). As an adjective from 1590s. Use with a capital N- became general early 20c. (e.g. 1930 in "New York Times" stylebook) in reference to U.S. citizens of African descent, but because of its perceived association with white-imposed attitudes and roles the word was ousted late 1960s in this sense by Black (q.v.).
Professor Booker T. Washington, being politely interrogated ... as to whether negroes ought to be called 'negroes' or 'members of the colored race' has replied that it has long been his own practice to write and speak of members of his race as negroes, and when using the term 'negro' as a race designation to employ the capital 'N' ["Harper's Weekly," June 2, 1906]
Meaning "English language as spoken by U.S. blacks" is from 1704. French nègre is a 16c. borrowing from Spanish negro.

4. The negro sluts seemed to try themselves whenever she drove by.: 那些浪蕩女人似乎都要出來搗亂.

5. Even the presence of a negro maid would not satisfy the conventions.: 即使有個黑人侍女跟在身邊,從習俗上講也還是不夠的.