As they went paddling down the lake a hot discussion was maintained concerning the respective merits of the palefaces and the redskins . 在順湖而下的途中,他們展開了一場有關白種人和紅種人優劣得失的激烈舌戰。
Palefaces : they hold their ribs with laughter , one clasping another , o , i shall expire 一張張蒼白的面孔,他們抱在一起,捧腹大笑。
One critic has christened the two types of authors " palefaces " and " redskins , " taking henry james and walt whitman as representative figures 一位批評家把這兩種作家分別叫做“白面孔”和“紅皮膚, ”拿亨利?詹姆斯和華爾特?惠特曼當做兩派的代表人物。
One critic has christened the two types of authors " palefaces " and " redskins , " taking henry james and walt whitman as representative figures 一位批評家把這兩種作家分別叫做“白面孔”和“紅皮膚, ”拿亨利詹姆斯和華爾特惠特曼當做兩派的代表人物。
I will not dwell on , nor mourn over , our untimely decay , nor reproach my paleface brothers with hastening it as we too may have been somewhat to blame 我不想細述或哀悼我們不合時宜的衰敗;我也不想斥責那些加速了我們衰敗過程的白臉兄弟,因為我們對此可能也有責任。
英文解釋
(slang) a derogatory term for a white person (supposedly used by North American Indians)