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A gaucho is a cowboy of the South American — especially Argentina, Uruguay, and southern Brazil — who lives by the horse, the cattle, and the open plains. English borrowed the word from Spanish and still uses it as a kind of job-and-culture name, not as a casual word for any rider.
A gaucho gaucho is是 a cowboy一種牛仔 of the South American grasslands南美草原上的 — especially尤其是 Argentina, Uruguay, and southern Brazil阿根廷、烏拉圭和巴西南部 — who lives by靠...維生 the horse馬, the cattle牛, and和 the open plains開闊的平原. English英文 borrowed the word把這個詞借來 from Spanish從西班牙文, and而 still仍然 uses it as把它當作一種 a kind of job-and-culture name職業兼文化的名稱來用, not而不是 as a casual word當成隨便的詞 for any rider指任何騎馬的人
People say it when they mean that particular South American figure: the wide trousers, the silver knife, the long days on . It is not the same as the cowboy of the United States, though films and books sometimes mix the two pictures together.
People人們 say it會用這個詞 when當 they mean他們指的是 that particular South American figure那個特定的南美形象時: the wide trousers寬褲, the silver knife銀刀, the long days on horseback長時間騎在馬上. It它 is not不一樣 the same as跟美國的牛仔 the cowboy of the United States不一樣, though雖然 films and books電影和書籍 sometimes有時 mix把兩個形象 the two pictures together混在一起
In English it is a fairly special word: you meet it in history, travel writing, and stories about the , not in everyday talk about work. It can also name the style (gaucho trousers, a gaucho look) when fashion borrows the image.
In English在英文裡, it它 is是 a fairly special word一個相當特別的詞: you你 meet it會遇到它 in history在歷史, travel writing旅遊寫作, and和 stories about the pampas關於彭巴草原的故事裡, not而不是 in everyday talk about work在日常談論工作時. It它 can also也可以 name指稱 the style這種風格 (gaucho trousers gaucho褲, a gaucho look gaucho風格) when當 fashion時尚 borrows the image借用這個形象時
組成Borrowed from Spanish gaucho. Where that Spanish word itself came from is uncertain.
原始詞典資料2 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。
gauchonoun/ˈɡaʊt͡ʃoʊ/
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A cowboy of the South American pampas.
- Theirs was the spirit which upheld Darwin among the gauchos of the Argentine or Wallace among the head-hunters of Malaya.
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historicalbusinessfinanceA proposed currency intended to be used by Argentina and Brazil to make interregional payments.
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。