Yankee
n. 美國佬,美國人; 北部人,北方佬; (南北戰爭時的)北軍
adj. 美國北方人的; 美國佬式的
A Yankee is a person from a northern or north-eastern state of the United States.
Some speakers of British English refer to anyone from the United States as a Yankee. This use could cause offence.
1. an American who lives in the North (especially during the American Civil War)
2. an American who lives in New England
3. an American
1. used by southerners for an inhabitant of a northern state in the United States (especially a Union soldier)
Vermont Yankee has been subject to some sharp criticism.
弗蒙特-揚基一案已經遭受到一些尖銳批評.
She remembered her hot joy in shooting the marauding Yankee.
他們身上都有暴力的血,它危險地接近表面,就潛伏在那溫文爾雅的外貌下.
Kay said tartly, " And you're more Yankee than Italian.
愷酸溜溜他說: “ 可你哪,與其說是義大利人,還不如說是新英格蘭人.
" Didn't you hear him say he'd been with Yankee officers tonight? "
" 你沒聽見他說嗎.他剛才是和北方軍官在一起 呢 .
The negroes were on top and behind them were the Yankee bayonets.
黑人爬到了上層,他們背後有北方佬的刺刀保護著.