名詞 yankee:

1. an American who lives in the North (especially during the American Civil War)
   同義詞：Yank, Northerner
2. an American who lives in New England
   同義詞：New Englander
3. an American (especially to non-Americans)
   同義詞：Yank, Yankee-Doodle

形容詞 yankee:

1. used by Southerners for an inhabitant of a northern state in the United States (especially a Union soldier)

1. But that's no reason to turn tail and run whenever Khomeini shouts Yankee, Go home!
   但這并不構(gòu)成每當(dāng)霍梅尼大叫“老美，滾回去！”時(shí)掉頭就跑的理由。
2. We sang these lines to the tune of Yankee Doodle.
   我們用揚(yáng)基歌的曲調(diào)唱這幾句歌詞。
3. She was proud that she never talked with a Yankee.
   她很驕傲她從來沒有和北方佬說過話。

Yan.kee

n.（名詞）
A native or inhabitant of New England.
新英格蘭土著人或居民
A native or inhabitant of a northern U.S. state, especially a Union soldier during the Civil War.
北方佬：美國(guó)北方的土著人或居民，尤指內(nèi)戰(zhàn)期間的聯(lián)邦軍隊(duì)的士兵
A native or inhabitant of the United States.
美國(guó)佬：美國(guó)土著人或居民

來源：
[Origin unknown]
[來源不明]

【引伸】
Yan.keedom
n.（名詞）
<注釋>Yankee is an excellent example of a widely known word whose origins cannot be determined. The best hypothesis is thatYankee comes from Dutch Janke, a nickname forJan, .John.. Evidence can be found in theOxford English Dictionary that the forms Yankey, Yanky, and Yankee were used as surnames or nicknames in the 7th century. The wordYankee is first found in one of our modern senses in 758, the sense being .a New Englander.. The 7th-century nickname forJan was derisive, and the first instances of our word show the term being used derisively by the British for New Englanders.After the Battle of Lexington (775) New Englanders dignified the name.The British were responsible for application of the term to all Americans (a use first recorded around 784);and Southerners, for application of the term to Northerners (first recorded in 87).
Yankee 是一個(gè)廣為人知但來源不明的單詞的極好例證。 最好的假設(shè)是Yankee 來自于荷蘭語(yǔ) Janke, 是Jan .約翰.的渾名。 從《牛津英語(yǔ)字典》 可以找到證據(jù)證明 Yankey,Yanky 和 Yankee 這些形式在7世紀(jì)曾被用作姓氏或渾名。 Yankee 一詞的第一個(gè)現(xiàn)代意義出現(xiàn)于758年，即.新英格蘭人.。 7世紀(jì)Jan 的渾名含有嘲弄意味， 該詞的第一例用法也說明英國(guó)人用它來嘲弄新英格蘭人。在萊克星頓戰(zhàn)役(775年）后，新英格蘭人賦于了它尊嚴(yán)與榮譽(yù)。英國(guó)人用該詞來指稱所有美國(guó)人（首次出現(xiàn)于784年）；美國(guó)南方人則用它指稱北方人（首次出現(xiàn)于87年）