第1个回答 2022-10-12
中国香港漫画家王司马亦有一套名为《牛仔》的四格漫画作品。 图片参考：zh. *** /skins-1.5/mon/images/magnify-clip 1887年骑着马的牛仔。 牛仔（英文：cowboy；西班牙文：vaquero）是指在美洲牧场上照顾牛、马的人。专门照顾马的人又叫牧马人（wrangler）。除了牧场里工作外，有些牛仔还参加牛仔竞技（rodeo）；不少牛仔是专业牛仔竞技参赛者。 《牛仔》是中国香港的王司马先生在1970至1980年代初所画的四格漫画系列。漫画原本在《明报》副刊连载多年，后由博益出版集团有限公司结集成书出版。牛仔全套四十册，讲述了漫画中「牛仔」和「契爷」两父子之间的生活片段和趣事，朴实但生动地描述了当时中国香港小康之家的面貌，也表现出牛仔的天真烂漫以及和爸爸的亲情。 《牛仔》漫画除了短标题外，绝少加入文字。唯一可知的例外，是「学讲国语」的一篇，牛仔在电话筒对契爷说：「刮耳先知打痴飞湿唔痕」，听得契爷一头雾水。原来牛仔的家课册上写着「国语生字第七课（抄）十五行」。 另外，「契爷」的角色亦曾多次在王泽的漫画《老夫子》中客串出现。 A cowboy (Spanish: vaquero) tends cattle and horses on cattle ranches in North and South America. The cowboy is normally an animal herder most monly in charge of the horses and/or cattle
whereas the wrangler's work is more specific to horses. In addition to ranch work
some cowboys work in and participate in rodeos
and many cowboys work only in the rodeo. Origins Originally
the word "cowherd" (similar to "shepherd
" a sheep herder) was used to describe a cattle herder
and referred to a preadolescent or early adolescent boy
who usually worked on foot (riding required skills and investment in horses and equipment rarely available to or entrusted to a child
though in some cultures boys rode a donkey while going to and from pasture). This word is very old in the English language
originating prior to the year 1000 CE.[1] Herding of sheep
cattle and goats was often the job of minors in Antiquity
and still is in various third world cultures. The word "cowboy" first appeared in the English language about 1715–25 CE
[2] and appears to be a direct English trlation of vaquero. ("vaca" meaning "cow") This term thus developed after the Hacienda system of large land grants to private owners
usually for cattle ranches
was established by the Spanish ernment
and along with it
the need for vaqueros or cowboys. As cattle ranching developed in the Iberian peninsula and later
in the Americas
where the climate was dry and grass sparse
large herds of cattle required vast amounts of land in order to obtain sufficient forage. The need to cover distances greater than a person on foot could manage gave rise to the development of the horseback-mounted cowboy. Because of the time and physical ability needed to develop necessary skills
the cow "boy" was an adolescent or even a young man
(and
rarely
a few women) who began earning wages as soon as they had enough skill to be hired
(often as young as 12 or 13) and who
if not crippled by injury
might handle cattle or horses for the rest of his working life. Though the term became somewhat disassociated from age (the phrase "old cowboy" is not considered an oxymoron)
the low wages and low social status of the job kept the term "boy" in use
though ultimately it became simply a label for the job itself
and even a term of pride. On western ranches today
sole responsibility for herding cattle or other livestock is not considered a job for children or early adolescents. However
both boys and girls growing up in a ranch environment often learn to ride horses and perform basic ranch skills as soon as they are physically able
usually under careful *** supervision. Such youths
by their late teens
are often given responsibilities on the ranch that require a level of maturity and levelheadedness that is not generally expected of their urban peers.