Jim Crow
noun
US <美>
1
- mass noun the former practice of segregating black people in the US（美国过去对黑人的）种族隔离：
as modifier Jim Crow laws.对黑人的种族歧视法。
1.1
- count noun offensive a black person〈冒犯〉黑人。
2
- an implement for straightening iron bars or bending rails by screw pressure轨条挠曲器, 弯轨机。
派生词
Jim Crowism
noun词源
mid 19th cent.: the name of a black character in a 19th-cent. plantation song.