troglodyte
/ˈtrɒɡlədaɪt//ˈtrɑɡlədaɪt/
词源链
- 英语English
troglodyte
词源说明
Learned borrowing from Latin Trōglodytae (“cave-dwelling people”), from Ancient Greek τρωγλοδύτης (trōglodútēs, “one who dwells in holes”), from τρώγλη (trṓglē, “hole”) + δύω (dúō, “to get into”).
释义
名词noun
- 1A member of a supposed prehistoric race that lived in caves or holes, a caveman.
- 2by extensionAnything that lives underground.
- 3The Eurasian wren, Troglodytes troglodytes.
- 4(derogatory) A