English Dictionary

boat people

名詞

歴史的 活用形 複数形

(historical) Refugees fleeing by sea, particularly those fleeing from South Vietnam during the 1970s and '80s.

日本語の意味

1970年代〜80年代に南ベトナムから逃れた、海路を利用して難民として亡命した人々

Many boat people risked their lives crossing the South China Sea in the late 1970s to escape persecution.

多くの海上難民が1970年代後半に迫害から逃れるために南シナ海を渡る際に命を危険にさらしました。

意味（1）

(historical) Refugees fleeing by sea, particularly those fleeing from South Vietnam during the 1970s and '80s.

Indochinese refugees, known throughout the world as the “boat people,” were subject to horrific suffering and dangers when the Vietnamese government began expelling them after the fall of Saigon.

意味（2）

An ethnic group that principally lives on fishing and houseboats, particularly the Tanka or Dan people of East Asia.

意味（3）

plural of boat person