clodhopper
/ˈklɒdˌhɒpə//ˈklɑdˌhɑpɚ/
构词拆解
词源说明
Compound of clod + hopper (agentive form of the verb hop). Perhaps affected by analogy with grasshopper.
The term originated in the 17th century as a derogatory name for a farm laborer—someone who "hopped" (stomped) over "clods" of earth; attested in the sense of "peasant" since the seventeenth century; the extended sense of "boot
释义
名词noun
- 1(footwear) A strong shoe for heavy-duty use; a boot.
- 2(footwear) (US) Any shoe construed (within a particular context) as ungainly.
- 3(footwear) (military slang) United States Navy ankle length work shoes, distinct from dress shoes or combat boots.