pariah: [17] Now a general term for an ‘outcast’, pariah came into English from the caste system of southern India. It originally denoted a member of the largest of the lower castes, which was named in Tamil paraiyan. This meant literally ‘drummer’ (it was a derivative of parai ‘large festival drum’), a reference to the hereditary role of the paraiyar (plural) as drummers in festival parades.
pariah (n.)
1610s, from Portuguese paria or directly from Tamil paraiyar, plural of paraiyan "drummer" (at festivals, the hereditary duty of members of the largest of the lower castes of southern India), from parai "large festival drum." "Especially numerous at Madras, where its members supplied most of the domestics in European service" [OED]. Applied by Hindus and Europeans to any members of low Hindu castes and even to outcastes. Extended meaning "social outcast" is first attested 1819.
雙語例句
1. Shortly Tom came upon the juvenile pariah of the village.
不一會兒,湯姆碰上了村里的少年棄兒.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
2. His landlady had treated him like a dangerous criminal, a pariah.
房東太太對待他就像對待危險的罪犯、對待社會棄兒一樣。
來自辭典例句
3. The emancipation process of pariah began in the period of colony.
賤民解放的過程起始于殖民地時期.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
4. Ronaldo : He's not a pariah, he's a very gifted boy.
他不是一個“賤小孩”, 他是一個天賦十足的男孩.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
5. His removal by force, however, has made Honduras a pariah among regional nations.