blackleg

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A fatal cattle disease caused by the soil-borne bacterium Clostridium chauvoei; symptomatic anthrax. uncountable
  2. A disease of potato crops caused by pectolytic bacteria, characterized by blackening and decay of the lower stem portion. uncountable
  3. A disease of brassicas caused by the fungus Leptosphaeria maculans uncountable
  4. A person who cheats in a game; a cheater, especially a dishonest bookmaker. countable
    — [H]ere, then, was a community of good taste and kind feeling, no sharpers, no black-legs, no wolves in sheep's clothing.
  5. A person who takes the place of striking workers. countable
    — In the autumn there was a row at some cement works about the unskilled labour men. A union had just been started for them and all but a few joined. One of these blacklegs was laid for by a picket and knocked out of time.
动词 v.
  1. To continue working whilst fellow workers strike.
    — Why was I there, munitioning, blacklegging, slaving as though my bread depended on it?

词形变化

blacklegs plural blacklegs present,singular,third-person blacklegging participle,present blacklegged participle,past blacklegged past

词汇关系

衍生词
blackleggery blacklegging blacklegism

词源

词源 1
From black + leg.
词源 2
From black + leg.
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