Boston Tea Party
柯林斯詞典
1. N a raid in 1773 made by citizens of Boston (disguised as Indians) on three British ships in the harbour as a protest against taxes on tea and the monopoly given to the East India Company. The contents of several hundred chests of tea were dumped into the harbour 波士頓傾茶事件; 1773年，爲(wèi)了觝制茶稅和反抗東印度公司對(duì)茶葉交易的壟斷，扮作印第安人的波士頓居民在港口對(duì)三艘英國(guó)船衹進(jìn)行了突然襲擊，將數(shù)百箱茶葉傾倒在海內(nèi)[美國(guó)英語] [history]
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