grasseater

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A white person, especially an Irishman. ethnic,offensive,slang,slur
    — When the "green mouths," as the impoverished Irish grasseaters were dubbed, entered the United States, they brought cholera, consumption, and typhus with them.
  2. Alternative spelling of grass-eater (type of police officer) alt-of,alternative,slang
  3. A herbivore or similar grazing animal.
    — And most of those grasseaters like horses, ox, camels, and llamas had shown early appearance on earth and since its early Cainozoic.
  4. A vegetarian or vegan. derogatory
    — Founded in 1898, when vegetarians were regarded as “grasseaters,” this restaurant has more than proved its staying power.

词形变化

grasseaters plural

词源

From grass + eater. Originally in reference to the Irish potato famine, implying that grass was all the Irish had left in their diet.
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