boondocker

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A kind of combat boot worn in the US Marine Corps.
    — The correct method is to crawl out flat on top of the line, balancing yourself with one heavy boondocker boot hanging down as a counterweight. Then you let loose, and swoop!
  2. A person who lives in a rural location. US,informal
    — While these no/low-cost opportunities exist for freedom camping in the US, there is also a vast array of commercial sites offered by federal agencies at tariffs acceptable to the boondockers.
  3. A party held in a rural location. US,informal
    — The party took place near 126th — a boondocker, which meant kegs in the back of pickup trucks and off-road lights pointed into the sky.

词形变化

boondockers plural

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bunduk
Tagalog bundokbor.
English boondock
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Italic *-āzijos
Latin -āriusnom.
Latin -āriusbor.
Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz
Proto-West Germanic *-ārī
Old English -ere
Middle English -ere
English -er
English boondocker
From boondock + -er. Adopted by 1944 as U.S. services slang word for field boots during World War II under the U.S. military.
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