boll weevil

名词 n.
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英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A beetle (Anthonomus grandis) measuring an average length of six millimeters (¼ inch), which feeds on cotton buds and flowers, native to Central America.
    — “[…]What do you reckon the boll-weevils’ll eat if you dont^([sic]) get those cultivators in shape to raise them a crop?” I says, “sage grass?”
  2. A conservative Southern Democrat. US,dated,informal
    — As the veteran columnist John Chamberlain put it back in 1982, the ATARI Democrats ‘include many of the Southern “boll weevil” contingent that has supported Reagan on taxes, [and]^([sic]) is for using government to channel investment money to the newer “high tech” industries.

词形变化

boll weevils plural
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