coolie
coolie 英 [ˈku:li] 美 ['kulɪ]
n. （印度的）苦力；小工
名词复数:coolies
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- n. （印度的）苦力；小工
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1. And afterwards I was very glad that the coolie had been killed; it put me legally in the right and it gave me a sufficient pretext for shooting the elephant.
我于是有些庆幸那个苦力死得正好，使我可以名正言顺地射杀那头大象，还能在法律上站得住脚。
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2. But step outside the meat-locker air-conditioning for a moment, and you might encounter a toothless peasant in a coolie hat carrying handmade baskets of fresh lychees balanced on a bamboo pole.
但是走出凉快的空调间一会，你就可能遇到一个牙齿掉光的农民戴着苦力帽，用竹制扁担挑着几个手工制作的篮子。 篮子里装满了新鲜荔枝。
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3. A coolie grabbed a handful of penicillin from a shelf.
有一个苦力从货架上抓了几盒青霉素。
- coolie (n.) name given by Europeans to hired native laborers employed in menial work in India and China, c. 1600, according to OED from Hindi quli "hired servant," probably from kuli, name of an aboriginal tribe or caste in Gujarat. The name was picked up by the Portuguese, who used it in southern India (where by coincidence kuli in Tamil meant "hire") and in China.
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