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English speakers used Bushman for some of the peoples of southern Africa, especially in and around the Kalahari, who have lived for a very long time in dry wild country. The name is simply bush plus man: “person of the wild country.” That is an outsider’s name, made in English, not the name the people first gave themselves.
English speakers used Bushman英語使用者曾用Bushman這個字 for some of the hunter-gatherer peoples of southern Africa稱呼南部非洲一些採集狩獵的民族, especially in and around the Kalahari尤其是喀拉哈里沙漠一帶, who have lived for a very long time in dry wild country他們長久以來住在乾燥的荒野裡. The name is simply bush plus man這個名字就是bush加man: "person of the wild country."意思是「住在荒野裡的人」. That is an outsider's name, made in English這是外人取的名字，是英文自己造的, not the name the people first gave themselves不是這些人一開始給自己取的名字
Many now prefer San, or the name of their own group, and some find Bushman old-fashioned or rude, as if a whole people were being named after the bush. Some older books and some speakers still use Bushman without meaning harm; if you are writing carefully, San, or the specific group name, is safer.
Many now prefer San, or the name of their own group現在很多人比較喜歡用San，或自己族群的名字, and some find Bushman old-fashioned or rude有些人覺得Bushman這個字過時或不禮貌, as if a whole people were being named after the bush好像整個民族是用「荒野」來命名的. Some older books and some speakers still use Bushman without meaning harm有些舊書或某些人還是會用Bushman，並沒有惡意; if you are writing carefully, San, or the specific group name, is safer如果要謹慎一點，用San或具體的族群名字比較保險
Though actually, in Australia a bushman is just a man who lives and works in the — a job-and-place word, not the name of an African people. Capital B Bushman in a textbook about Africa is usually the people; bushman in a story about Australia is usually the other meaning.
Though actually不過其實, in Australia a bushman is just a man who lives and works in the outback在澳洲，a bushman只是指住在、工作在內陸荒野的男人 — a job-and-place word, not the name of an African people是跟職業、地方有關的字，不是非洲某個民族的名字. Capital B Bushman in a textbook about Africa is usually the people大寫B的Bushman出現在講非洲的課本裡，通常指這個民族; bushman in a story about Australia is usually the other meaning小寫的bushman出現在講澳洲的故事裡，通常是另一個意思
組成From bush + -man.
同家族的字
- bushwild country; the first half of this name
原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
Bushmannoun
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A person who lives in the bush, especially a member of a community or ethnic group who lives in the bush.
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offensiveA member of one of the foraging ethnic groups native to southwestern Africa, mostly the Kalahari.
bushmannoun
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A man who lives in or has extensive experience of the Australian bush or outback.
- Near-synonym: bushcrafter
- An occasional Afghan makes a good bushman. These rare birds, with the help of natives, found that by winding in and out over the soft ground of the valleys they could bring a camel-train where no wheeled transport could go.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。