Yankee

• n. 美国佬，美国人；洋基队（美国棒球队名）

来自荷兰语Janke,即Little John,在17世纪，美洲的荷兰殖民者用该词来称呼英国佬，后来，英国佬用来称呼闹独立的美国佬，美国佬觉得这个名字还不错，就用到现在。

1. an American who lives in the North (especially during the American Civil War)

2. an American who lives in New England

3. an American

Yankee

Yankee: [17] Yankee appears to have started life as a nickname for Dutchmen, and it is thought that it may represent Dutch Janke, a diminutive form of the common Dutch forename Jan. It was first used as a term for inhabitants of New England (where of course there were many early Dutch settlers) in the mid-18th century, and its application gradually spread to cover all the northern states and (more loosely, by non- American speakers) the whole of the USA.

Yankee (n.)

1683, a name applied disparagingly by Dutch settlers in New Amsterdam (New York) to English colonists in neighboring Connecticut. It may be from Dutch Janke, literally "Little John," diminutive of common personal name Jan; or it may be from Jan Kes familiar form of "John Cornelius," or perhaps an alteration of Jan Kees, dialectal variant of Jan Kaas, literally "John Cheese," the generic nickname the Flemings used for Dutchmen.

[I]t is to be noted that it is common to name a droll fellow, regarded as typical of his country, after some favorite article of food, as E[nglish] Jack-pudding, G[erman] Hanswurst ("Jack Sausage"), F[rench] Jean Farine ("Jack Flour"). [Century Dictionary, 1902, entry for "macaroni"]

Originally it seems to have been applied insultingly to the Dutch, especially freebooters, before they turned around and slapped it on the English. A less-likely theory (attested by 1832) is that it represents some southern New England Algonquian language mangling of English. In English a term of contempt (1750s) before its use as a general term for "native of New England" (1765); during the American Revolution it became a disparaging British word for all American natives or inhabitants. Contrasted with southerner by 1828. Shortened form Yank in reference to "an American" first recorded 1778. Latin-American form Yanqui attested in English by 1914 (in Mexican Spanish by 1835).

The rule observed in this country is, that the man who receives that name [Yankee] must come from some part north of him who gives it. To compensate us for giving each other nicknames, John Bull "lumps us all together," and calls us all Yankees. ["Who is a Yankee?" Massachusetts Spy, June 6, 1827]

Instead, the company has done precisely what it had long promised it would not challenge the constitutionality of Vermont’s rules in the federal court, as part of a desperate effort to keep its Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant running.

出自-2012年考研阅读原文

A string of accidents, including the partial collapse of a cooling tower in 207 and the discovery of an underground pipe system leakage, raised serious questions about both Vermont Yankee’s safety and Entergy’s management- especially after the company made misleading statements about the pipe.

出自-2012年考研阅读原文

Instead, the company has done precisely what it had long promised it would not: challenge the constitutionality of Vermont's rules in the federal court, as part of a desperate effort to keep its Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant running.

2012年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

Vermont Yankee has been subject to some sharp criticism.

弗蒙特-扬基一案已经遭受到一些尖锐批评.

英汉非文学 - 环境法 - 环境法

She remembered her hot joy in shooting the marauding Yankee.

他们身上都有暴力的血,它危险地接近表面,就潜伏在那温文尔雅的外貌下.

飘（部分）

Kay said tartly, " And you're more Yankee than Italian.

恺酸溜溜他说: “ 可你哪,与其说是意大利人,还不如说是新英格兰人.

教父部分

" Didn't you hear him say he'd been with Yankee officers tonight? "

" 你没听见他说吗.他刚才是和北方军官在一起 呢 .

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The negroes were on top and behind them were the Yankee bayonets.

黑人爬到了上层,他们背后有北方佬的刺刀保护着.

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Some Yankee chaplain would have written if this were true.

如果他真的死了,北方佬监狱里的牧师会写信的.

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We sang these lines to the tune of Yankee Doodle.

我们用扬基歌的曲调唱这几句歌词.

辞典例句

His brisk manner branded him a Yankee.

他举止麻利,一看就是个北方佬.

辞典例句

This test was endorsed by the Supreme Court in the Vermont Yankee case.

这种检验在“弗蒙特-扬基”一案中得到最高法院的认可.

英汉非文学 - 环境法 - 环境法

Lower courts have found, however, that Vermont Yankee does leave them some room for maneuver.

然而, 下级法院已经发现, 弗蒙特-扬基一案确实留有一些策略方面的余地.

英汉非文学 - 环境法 - 环境法

But all dem Yankee folks, fust time dey meet me, dey call me'Mist'O'Hara.'

可是所有北方人, 头一次见到我, 都叫我'奥哈拉先生'.

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The Calverts are good folk, all of them, for all the old man marrying a Yankee.

卡尔费特家的人是好样的, 他们都是这样, 尽管那老头娶了北方佬.

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Yankee soldiers loitered everywhere and Scarlett looked at them uncertainly , some of her courage deserting her.

北方士兵在到处溜达.思嘉心怀疑惧地看着他们,原先的勇气有点动摇了.

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I was playing poker tonight with two drunken Yankee captains and they let it out.

今天晚上我和两个喝醉酒的北方船长打扑克,是他们泄露出来的.

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Rhett was in there. But what should she say to the Yankee soldiers?

瑞德就在那里面, 可是她该对那些北方佬怎么说 呢 ?

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