coolies

coolies

美 [ˈkuli] 　英 [ˈkuːli]

• n.苦力(特指东方的廉价劳动力)
• 网络细薄如小甜饼

词形变化

复数：coolies  

英汉解释

n.	1. 苦力(特指东方的廉价劳动力)

英英解释

n.	1. an insulting word used in the past for a worker with no special skills in China, India, and other parts of Asia

例句

Just as the coolies were about to take it away, Mrs. Tang saw the turtle looking at her with a sad expression in its eyes.

正当苦力准备把海龟抬走时，唐太太看到海龟正用一种悲哀的眼神看着她。

But the most agonizing song is the song of the coolies who bring the great bales from the junk up the steep steps to the town wall.

然而最令人难受的却是苦力的歌，他们背负着船上卸下的大包，沿着陡坡爬上城墙。

Children await coolies and rickshaws to help them transport things across humpback bridges.

孩子们在拱桥的上坡帮助苦力和人力车夫推车。

Its navy was antediluvian: mandarins tried to emulate Western paddle-steamers with junks propelled by coolies turning treadmills.

它的海军落后西方：洋务官员提出纷纷效仿西方有帆的桨轮船的推动力由苦力变成了踏步机。

Whether the Chinese concerned happen to be educated scholars or ignorant coolies, makes little difference.

不管涉及的中国人是受过教育的学者，还是无知的苦力，都没什么区别。

James: I give this cast-off version of the magazine is a literary journal. James: I could not even when coolies are not eligible.

詹姆斯：“我给这本杂志投过稿，是一本文学期刊。”詹姆斯：“我连当苦力都不够资格。”

"Get one of the coolies to deliver it, fast, " Mr. Pai said.

怒道：“还不快去叫个苦力去送货，快点！”

The coolies asked Mrs. Tang, but she thought the price was too high, too.

几个苦力向唐太太兜售，可是唐太太也觉得价钱太贵了。

In those early pioneering days, much of port activities relied on Chinese migrant coolies to do the heavy manual work.

在最初开拓的岁月里，很多港口作业都是靠那些从中国移居到当地的苦力用繁重的体力劳动来完成的。

One day four coolies came with a huge sea turtle for sale.

一天，四个苦力抬来一只巨大的海龟出售。

Some 60 coolies, moving to the rhythm of a chant, balance it on long poles.

大约60个苦工，喊着有节奏的号子，用长长的竿抬着汽车行进。

On one dock, where a ship from the Philippines was pulling in, coolies fought among themselves for space.

一个船坞上，一艘来自菲律宾的船正在进港，苦力们为争得一块立足之地互相扭打。

Around 100, 000 Chinese coolies were brought to Peru as labourers between 1849 and 1875, and integrated well.

在1849年至1875年之间，有十万左右的中国苦力被带到秘鲁充当劳工，他们充分融入了当地社会。

As for the coolies and their cyber-employers, both would like more lessons in English.

而对于那些网络苦力以及其雇主而言，他们都想要更多的英语授课。