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EnglishTHE SCHOLAR'S LEXICON

paleface

/peyl-feys/US // ˈpeɪlˌfeɪs //UK // (ˈpeɪlˌfeɪs) //

苍白的脸,白脸儿,苍白的脸庞,白脸

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : Slang. a white person, as distinguished from a North American Indian.

Examples

  • Black-deer exclaimed, as he rose quickly, "the Paleface has a lying tongue in his mouth."

  • But one day a paleface, one of the leaders of the colony at Plymouth, came into the Indian village.

  • The wild man is bad enough, but there comes another man—the paleface—who has no heart for what is dearest to us.

  • Then they rode rapidly away undoubtedly taking great pleasure in the fright they had given the Paleface.

  • "The two women will follow us, as well as the paleface hunters," one of the Indians commanded.

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