gold bug

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A person with a particularly great enthusiasm for investing in gold (the metal). informal
    — The swing in equities scared him so much that he became a gold bug for a while.
  2. A person who is opposed to fiat currency and supports a return to the gold standard. informal
    — The swing in inflation scared him so much that he became a gold bug for a while.
  3. A person who collects gold items. informal
    — If you see the decorating style in his living room, you'll know that he's a gold bug.
  4. A particularly great enthusiasm for gold — whether as an investment, a hoard, a collectible, or otherwise — portrayed figuratively as an arthropod that bites people and infects them, causing a mental illness. informal
    — bitten by the gold bug

词形变化

gold bugs plural goldbug alternative
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