grayback

/grey-bak/US // ˈgreɪˌbæk //

灰背,灰背头,灰背影,灰背脊

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : any of various marine and aquatic animals that are dark gray above and light-colored or white below, as the gray whale, the alewife, certain whitefish, and certain sandpipers.
- : Informal. a Confederate soldier.

We had had a small tent to ourselves, and the socialistic grayback, as yet, had not crawled therein.
He stepped back to one of the two windows on the front of the house, where he discovered an officer and two “grayback” soldiers.
Tom looked up, and discovered a grayback, standing on the shore, very deliberately pointing his musket at him.
The bateau approached the point not more than a rod from the waiting arms of the sympathizing grayback.
“Well, I suppose I do look rather the worse for the wear,” added the grayback, glancing down at the tattered uniform he wore.