Yankee

英 [ˈjæŋki]

美 [ˈjæŋki]

n.  美国北方人; (尤指)新英格兰人; (美国南北战争时的)北军士兵

复数：yankees　

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牛津词典

noun

• 美国北方人；（尤指）新英格兰人
  a person who comes from or lives in any of the northern states of the US, especially New England
• （美国南北战争时的）北军士兵
  a soldier who fought for the Union (= the northern states) in the American Civil War
• （美国南北战争时的）北军士兵
  a soldier who fought for the Union (= the northern states) in the American Civil War

柯林斯词典

• （美国）北方诸州的人，北方佬
  AYankeeis a person from a northern or north-eastern state of the United States.
• 美国佬，美国人（一些讲英国英语的人的说法，可能具冒犯意味）
  Some speakers of British English refer to anyone from the United States as aYankee. This use could cause offence.

双语例句

• Yankee, did you run away from home?
  洋基，你是离家出走的吗？
• The Yankee already got them!
  北方佬已经打败了他们！
• We had a great tailgate party before the Washington Red socks played the New York Yankee.
  我们在看华盛顿红袜队和纽约扬基队的比赛前举行了很精彩的车尾野餐会。
• Now batting for the New York yankees, number one, Yankee irving.
  现在为纽约洋基击球的是，一号，洋基欧文。
• Some Yankee chaplain would have written if this were true.
  如果他真的死了，北方佬监狱里的牧师会写信的。
• Let others burn with fury over the Yankee rule and losing the ballot.
  让别人对北方佬的统治和丧失投票权而愤怒去吧。
• I'll make friends with the Yankee carpetbaggers.
  我会和北佬投机家做生意。
• Maybe you heard about it, maybe you saw it on one of the highlight reels, one awkward moment for Sarah Palin at the Yankee game.
  也许你们听说了，也许你们在某个镜头中看到了，在洋基队比赛中，对莎拉·佩林来说真是一个尴尬的时候啊。
• But the jailer refused to take him in, claiming the jail was already overflowing with Yankee abolitionists.
  但监狱看守拒绝关押他，宣称这个监狱已人满为患，关满了北方的废奴主义者。
• Must be that Yankee dancing with my brother.
  一定是我和弟弟跳舞的那个美国妞儿。