| 单词 |
Indio |
| 释义 |
Indio|ˈɪndɪəʊ|
[Sp. and Pg.]
A member of one of various indigenous peoples of America and E. Asia in those areas formerly subject to Spain or Portugal; spec. (a) in Brazil and Mexico, an Indian, distinguished as an Indio bravo, if he had retained his independence, and Indio manso or Indio fidele, if he had come under European domination; (b) = Indian n. 1 c. Also Indiano.
1836Penny Cycl. V. 365/1 All the aborigines, who lead an independent and roving life, are called in Brazil Indianos bravos, or Gentios, in contradistinction to the Indianos mansos (domesticated Indians), who have settled among, or in the neighbourhood of the Europeans. 1839Ibid. XV. 158/1 The Indios Bravos generally live on the produce of the chase. 1840Ibid. XVIII. 88/1 The mountains [of the Philippines] were occupied by a black race, which..was called by the Spaniards, Negritos or Aetas, while the Malays were called Indios. 1860Mayne Reid Odd People 43 The ‘Indios bravos’,..a phrase used throughout all Spanish America to distinguish those tribes..who refused obedience to Spanish tyranny, and who preserve..their native independence and freedom. In contradistinction to the ‘Indios bravos’ are the ‘Indios mansos’, or ‘tame Indians’. Ibid. 44 The true son of the forest—the ‘Indio bravo’. 1883Encycl. Brit. XVI. 218/2 The great majority of the Indios fideles, mestizoes, and creoles still adhere at least outwardly to the Roman Church. 1901[see Moro2]. 1969J. Mander Static Society i. 28 The apparent orthodoxy of the Guatemalan indio may conceal the most bizarre Christian-pagan syncretism. 1970Ojeda & Castro tr. Marche's Luzon & Palawan v. 60 The indios are far from giving up the plow of their fathers. |
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