hunter-gather

名词 n. 动词 v.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Nonstandard form of hunter-gatherer. alt-of,nonstandard
    — Native Americans and other hunter-gathers would give thanks to their prey for giving up its life so the eater might live (sort of like saying grace).
动词 v.
  1. To be a hunter-gatherer; to hunt (animals) and gather (edible plants) for food. ambitransitive
    — A study from the University of Utah (surely one of the middle-American desert's most respected seats of learning) finds that prehistoric man only managed to hunter-gather at the rate of one large animal per month.

词形变化

hunter-gathers present,singular,third-person hunter-gathering participle,present hunter-gathered participle,past hunter-gathered past hunter-gathers plural

词源

词源 1
Back-formation from hunter-gatherer.
词源 2
Final -er removed by haplology after hunter.
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