mudlark

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈmʌdlɑːk/   

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A pig; pork. archaic,slang
  2. One who scavenges in river or harbor mud for items of value, especially in London. archaic,historical
    — Besides these, there were the mudlark and the scupple hunter: the former prowling about at low water, receiving in his small bag such petty packages as he could get from his dishonest friends on board; and the later sneaking about the wharves and quays, under the pretense of wanting work, to pick up everything and anything that came to hand.
  3. A child who plays in the mud; a child that spends most of its time in the streets, a street urchin.
    — the children were nothing like inert: a large population of junior mudlarks, so long unwashed that you could hardly make them out, climbed among the ruins, cheerfully playing the games that all children play – pushing wheels with sticks, flipping rusty lids and bottle caps in makeshift tiddlywinks.
  4. A soldier of the Royal Engineers. slang
  5. Any of various birds that are found in muddy places or build their nests with mud, especially Anthus petrosus and Alauda arvensis. UK,regional
  6. The Grallina cyanoleuca that builds its nest with mud into a bowl-like shape. Australia
  7. A racehorse that performs well on muddy or wet tracks.
动词 v.
  1. To scavenge in river or harbor mud for items of value. intransitive

词形变化

mudlarks plural mudlarks present,singular,third-person mudlarking participle,present mudlarked participle,past mudlarked past

词汇关系

衍生词
mudlarker

词源

词源 1
From mud + lark.
词源 2
From mud + lark.
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