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clodhopper

英['klɒdhɒpə] 美['klɑdhɑpɚ]
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反义词
  • n. 乡下佬;粗人;大而重的鞋

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复数: clodhoppers;

英文词源


clodhopper (n.)
1690s, slang, "one who works on plowed land, a rustic," from clod (n.) + agent noun from hop (v.). Compare in a similar sense clod-breaker, clod-crusher; in this word perhaps a play on grasshopper. Sense extended by 1836 to the shoes worn by such workers.