英和和英

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動詞

go combo (三人称単数 現在形 goes combo, 現在分詞 going combo, 過去形 went combo, 過去分詞 gone combo)

1. (Australia, slang) of a Caucasian man: to have a sexual relationship with an Aboriginal woman
   • 1938, Xavier Herbert, Capricornia, Chapter III, p. 47, [1]

     She learned to her horror that the men of Capricornia said that once a man went combo he could never again look with pleasure on a white woman unless he blacked her face.

   • 2003, Helen Gilbert, "Millennial blues: racism, nationalism and the legacy of empire" in Elizabeth Schafer & Susan Bradley (eds.), Playing Australia: Australian Theatre and the International Stage, p. 22

     Hence, the play abounds with abject or degraded forms of whiteness embodied in characters who use addictive drugs, go combo, commit violent crimes or simply succumb to the tropical heat.