/pɒm//pɑm/
词源说明
Clipping of pomegranate. In reference to the British, first attested in Australia in 1912 as rhyming slang for immigrant with additional reference to the likelihood of sunburn turning their skin pomegranate red. As a cocktail, originally American.
释义
名词noun
- 1(Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, mildly derogatory slang, sometimes considered an ethnic slur) A native or inhabitant of England or the United Kingdom; an Englishman; a Briton.
- 2A cocktail containing pomegranate