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nigger

/nig-er/US // ˈnɪg ər //UK // (ˈnɪɡə) //

黑鬼,黑奴,黑人,奴隶

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : Slang: Extremely Disparaging and Offensive. a contemptuous term used to refer to a Black person.a contemptuous term used to refer to a member of any dark-skinned people.See also nigga, N-word.
    • : Slang: Extremely Disparaging and Offensive. a contemptuous term used to refer to a person of any racial or ethnic origin regarded as contemptible, inferior, ignorant, etc.
    • : Offensive: Now Rare. a victim of prejudice similar to that suffered by Black people; a person who is economically, politically, or socially disenfranchised:In his 1987 novel The Commitments, Roddy Doyle wrote, "The Irish are the niggers of Europe."

Examples

  • Lipsyte was curious—the nice part about tabula rasa is you see everyone anew—and had co-written Dick Gregory's Nigger.

  • The black people had to sit outside the stadium on a red, dirt hill called 'Nigger Hill.'

  • "Oh, I don't think he meant to be ill-mannered," interposed Betty mildly, as she reached Nigger and he whinnied a welcome.

  • Nigger, as his name implied, was a magnificent coal-black animal without a speck of white upon him anywhere.

  • Nigger wigs are made of curly black horsehair fastened on to a black skull-cap.

  • Nigger Jim and Stillwater Willie—in what back slough of vicissitude do they languish to-day?

  • My father asked me where my eyebrows were, and I said, 'I reckon part of them are by the Nigger church.'