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clodhopper

英 ['kl?dh?p?] 美['klɑdhɑp?]
英英釋義
近義詞ox
  • n. 鄉(xiāng)下佬；粗人；大而重的鞋

詞態(tài)變化

復(fù)數(shù):?clodhoppers;

英文詞源

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.