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In Australia and New Zealand, a pom is a person from Britain. It is informal, spoken, and it can hurt.
In Australia and New Zealand在澳洲和紐西蘭, a pompom(伯姆) is a person from Britain指的是來自英國的人 It is informal, spoken這是口語、非正式的說法, and而且 it can hurt可能會傷人
In some mouths it is only teasing, the way friends poke each other; in other mouths it is meant to sting — you do not belong here. Tone and who is speaking do almost all the work.
In some mouths有些人講起來, it is only teasing只是開玩笑逗一下, the way friends poke each other就像朋友互虧; in other mouths但有些人講起來, it is meant to sting是故意要刺人 — you do not belong here意思是「你不是這裡的人」 Tone and who is speaking語氣和說話的人是誰 do almost all the work幾乎決定了一切
A does not call himself a pom; it is their word for him, in their place.
A Londoner一個倫敦人 does not call himself a pom不會自稱是pom; it is their word for him那是別人給他的稱呼, in their place在他們自己的地方
The story behind it is a bit messy. It is a short form of . One old Australian rhyme used for immigrant, and people also joked that British skin goes -red in the sun. That use for British people is first heard around 1912.
The story behind it這個詞背後的故事 is a bit messy有點複雜 It is a short form of pomegranate它是pomegranate(石榴)的縮寫 One old Australian rhyme一首古老的澳洲打油詩 used pomegranate for immigrant用pomegranate來指移民, and而且 people also joked人們也開玩笑說 that British skin goes pomegranate-red in the sun英國人的皮膚曬太陽會變得像石榴一樣紅 That use for British peoplepom用來指英國人的這個用法 is first heard around 1912最早大約在1912年出現
Do not mix this up with Pom as a pet name for a small Pomeranian dog — same short shape, different word — or with a drink called a pom. Those are not this sense.
Do not mix this up不要跟這個搞混 with Pom as a pet name for a small Pomeranian dogPom也是博美犬(Pomeranian)的暱稱 — same short shape縮寫長得一樣, different word但是不同的詞 — or with a drink called a pom或是一種叫pom的飲料 Those are not this sense那些都不是這個意思
組成A short form of pomegranate. For British people, it began in Australia as rhyming slang for immigrant, with an extra joke about sunburn turning skin pomegranate-red.
同家族的字
- pomegranatepom is a short form of this fruit word
- pommythe same word with -y on the end
原始詞典資料12 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。
Pomnoun詞源 1
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informalSynonym of Pomeranian, a dog breed or a dog of this breed.
Pomname詞源 3
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An Austronesian language spoken in Indonesia.
pomnoun/pɒm/
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derogatoryslangAn Englishman; a Briton; a person of British descent.
- I could see more than mere humour in car stickers that read ‘Grow your own Dope: Plant a Pom’ ... ‘Keep Australia Beautiful: Shoot a Pom’.
- The prize for being Australia′s original pom goes to the enterprising pirate William Dampier, who made the first investigations ashore about 40 years after Tasman and nearly 100 years before Cook.
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A cocktail containing pomegranate juice and vodka.
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：
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。