troglodyte

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈtɹɒɡlədaɪt/|/ˈtɹɒɡləʊdaɪt/    美 /ˈtɹɑɡlədaɪt/|/ˈtɹɑɡloʊdaɪt/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A member of a supposed prehistoric race that lived in caves or holes, a caveman.
  2. Anything that lives underground. broadly
    — The cave was populated by albino scorpions, blind salamanders, and other troglodytes.
  3. The Eurasian wren, Troglodytes troglodytes.
  4. A reclusive, reactionary or out-of-date person, especially if brutish. derogatory
    — Blair brought out the febrile intensity of Stanhope, wiring himself into his ever more circumscribed troglodyte world, speculating moodily on the worm that went down when it thought it was coming up. Robert Philp thought Blair's ...
  5. A person who chooses not to keep up to date with the latest software and hardware.

词形变化

troglodytes plural

词汇关系

衍生词
trog troglodytic troglodytish troglodytism

词源

Learned borrowing from Latin Trōglodytae (“cave-dwelling people”), from Ancient Greek τρωγλοδύτης (trōglodútēs, “one who dwells in holes”), from τρώγλη (trṓglē, “hole”) + δύω (dúō, “to get into”).
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