glowboy

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A (male) nuclear power plant worker who repairs equipment in areas with extremely high levels of radiation. slang
    — In nuclear plants, robots toil for hours at a time in highly radioactive areas in place of hundreds of employees, called jumpers or glowboys, who worked in short relays so as to minimize their exposure.

词形变化

glowboys plural

词源

From glow + boy or possibly blend of glow + cowboy.
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