coolie
/ˈkuːlɪ/noun
(pl. -ies)
1- an unskilled native labourer in India, China, and some other Asian countries(印度、中国及其他一些亚洲国家的)苦力。
1.1
- offensive a person from the Indian subcontinent; a person of Indian descent〈冒犯〉印度次大陆人; 印度后裔。
词源
mid 17th cent.: from Hindi and Telugu kūlī 'day-labourer', probably associated with Urdu kulī 'slave'.