| 单词 |
pacifico |
| 释义 |
pacifico|pæˈsɪfɪkəʊ| [Sp.] A person of pacific or peaceful character, spec. a native of Cuba or the Philippines who submitted without active opposition to Spanish occupation.
1897R. H. Davis Cuba in War Time 41 His [sc. General Weyler's] object..was to prevent the pacificos from giving help to the insurgents. 1898Harper's Weekly 19 Feb. 174/2 The pacificos who are in the fields supply the food for the army [sc. the insurgents in Cuba, February, 1898] and are under military supervision. 1905A. G. Robinson Cuba & Intervention iii. 35 These became known as the Pacificos. 1916G. B. Shaw in To-day 13 May 38/2 One who accidentally tackled Mr Ponsonby, and, miscalculating the mettle of the true British Pacifico, had his head heartily punched for his pains. |

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