【pom】在多语言下的意思、翻译、词源、用法、例句

英语(English)

发音(Pronunciation)

• IPA^(key): /pɒm/

• Audio (AU)

• Rhymes: -ɒm

词源1(Etymology 1)

Australian from 1912.^[1][2] Shortening of pomegranate, rhyming slang for immigrant (“imme-granate”), with additional reference to the fact that the harsh Australian sun could turn British immigrants' skin pomegranate red.

名词(Noun)

pom (plural poms)

1. (Australia, South Africa, New Zealand, derogatory) An Englishman, a Briton; a person of British descent.
   • 1987, Linda Christmas, The Ribbon and the Ragged Square: An Australian Journey, page 27,

     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’.

   • 1989, Tony Wheeler, Australia: A Travel Survival Kit, Lonely Planet, page 10,

     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.

   • 2008, Lawrence Booth, Cricket, Lovely Cricket?, page 214,

     At one stage a group called British People Against Racial Discrimination complained to the Advertising Standards Board in Australia about an advert for Tooheys beer that claimed it was ‘cold enough to scare a Pom’.

   Synonyms: Brit, limey

用法注意(Usage notes)

The use of this word to refer to a British person is a racial slur. There has been lots of debate on the subject, but it is taken as a term of offence by those at whom it is directed.

衍生词(Derived terms)

查看更多(See also)

• kiwi
• pompom
• Yank
• Wikipedia article on Alternative words for British

来源参考(References)

词源2(Etymology 2)

Shortening of pomegranate.

名词(Noun)

pom (plural poms)

1. (cocktail) An American alcoholic drink containing vodka and pomegranate juice.

变位词(Anagrams)

• MOP, MPO, OPM, PMO, mop

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Aromanian

替代形式(Alternative forms)

• pomu

词源(Etymology)

From Latin pōmus. Compare Daco-Romanian pom.

名词(Noun)

pom m (plural ponj)

1. fruit tree
2. fruit

关联词(Related terms)

查看更多(See also)

• arburi
• fructu

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Ladino

词源(Etymology)

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

名词(Noun)

pom (Latin spelling)

1. apple

   Synonym: mansana

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Mauritian Creole

词源(Etymology)

From French pomme

名词(Noun)

pom

1. apple

来源参考(References)

• Baker, Philip & Hookoomsing, Vinesh Y. 1987. Dictionnaire de créole mauricien. Morisyen – English – Français

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Rade

词源(Etymology)

Borrowed from French pompe.

动词(Verb)

pom

1. to pump

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Romanian

词源(Etymology)

From Latin pōmus, from Proto-Italic *poomos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂po-h₁ém-os (“taken off”), from *h₂epo (“off”) + *h₁em- (“take”). See pōmum.

名词(Noun)

pom m (plural pomi)

1. fruit tree

变化形式(Declension)

关联词(Related terms)

查看更多(See also)

• arbore
• copac

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White Hmong

词源(Etymology)

From Proto-Hmong-Mien *bu̯ət (“to see”). Cognate with Iu Mien buatc.

发音(Pronunciation)

• IPA^(key): /pɒ˩̰ˀ/

动词(Verb)

pom

1. to see
2. to tattle

来源参考(References)

• Sue Murphy Mote, Hmong and American: Stories of Transition to a Strange Land →ISBN, 2004)