英语词汇zoot suit riots的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	zoot suit riots
词源	Zoot Suit Riots. A name for the Los Angeles rioting in 1943 primarily between U.S. sailors and soldiers and Mexican- American youths who wore the zoot suits. Twenty-three of the zoot-suiters were arrested, though their side seems to have been subjected to the most violence, servicemen even stripping them of their clothing and burning it. The trial was a travesty, but the guilty verdict was overturned on appeal.
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