coolie

英 ['ku?l?] 美['kuli]

暢通詞匯

復數:?coolies;

coolie 苦力

來自印度語，義為奴隸，與漢語苦力讀音相同帶有巧合的成分。

coolie: coolie: [17] Coolie is not etymologically related to cool. It comes from Hindi kulī, which may be the same word as Kulī, the name of an aboriginal tribe of Gujarat in western India. It has been speculated that the word was transported by the Portuguese from there to southern India and thence to China (it is now mainly applied to Far Eastern labourers), its meaning perhaps influenced by Tamil kūli ‘hire’.
coolie (n.): name given by Europeans to hired laborers in India and China, c. 1600, 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.

1. I will not have an officer from my battalion working as a coolie.: 我不會讓我的軍官去象一個小工一樣干苦力.

2. A coolie grabbed a handful of penicillin from a shelf.: 有一個苦力從貨架上抓了幾盒青霉素.

4. One coolie grabbed Kjeryn's handbag from her shoulder and fled down the street.: 一個苦力搶走了卡捷林的手提包逃進了街弄里.

5. Does traditional media return the content coolie that can you be them only finally?: 傳統媒體最終還只能是它們的內容苦力?