mossyback

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈmɒsibæk/    美 /ˈmɔsiˌbæk/|/ˈmɑ-/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A person with old-fashioned views; hence, one who is very conservative or reactionary; a mossback. US,informal
  2. Synonym of mossback (“a person who stayed hidden to evade conscription (especially by the Confederate States Army) during the American Civil War (1861–1865)”). US,historical,informal,obsolete
  3. Senses relating to animals.; A fish that is large and old, especially one that has algae growing on its back; a mossback. US,obsolete
  4. Senses relating to animals.; The menhaden, mossbanker, or mossbunker, a marine fish of the genus Brevoortia or Ethmidium. US,obsolete

词形变化

mossybacks plural

词汇关系

衍生词
mossybacked mossy-backed

词源

From mossy + back (in sense 2 (“person who stayed hidden to evade conscription during the American Civil War”) probably a variant of mossback, which is attested earlier), alluding to someone or something that is so old or has remained so unmoving that it is as if moss has grown on them or it.
Sense 3.2 (“menhaden”) may be influenced by mossbunker.
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