troglodyte
n . 穴居人;隐士
穴居人;隐士
troglodyte n 1 :
one who lives in solitude [
synonym : {
hermit }, {
recluse },
{
solitary }, {
solitudinarian }, {
troglodyte }]
2 :
someone who lives in a cave [
synonym : {
caveman }, {
cave man },
{
cave dweller }, {
troglodyte }]
Troglodyte \
Trog "
lo *
dyte \,
n . [
L .
troglodytae ,
pl .,
Gr . ?
one who creeps into holes ; ?
a hole ,
cavern (
fr . ?
to gnaw ) ?
enter :
cf .
F .
troglodyte .]
1 . (
Ethnol .)
One of any savage race that dwells in caves ,
instead of constructing dwellings ;
a cave dweller ,
or cave man .
Most of the primitive races of man were troglodytes .
[
1913 Webster ]
In the troglodytes '
country there is a lake ,
for the hurtful water it beareth called the "
mad lake ."
--
Holland .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 . (
Zool .)
An anthropoid ape ,
as the chimpanzee .
[
1913 Webster ]
3 . (
Zool .)
The wren .
[
1913 Webster ]
31 Moby Thesaurus words for "
troglodyte ":
Bronze Age man ,
Goth ,
Hominidae ,
Iron Age man ,
Neanderthal ,
Stone Age man ,
aboriginal ,
aborigine ,
ancient ,
animal ,
antediluvian ,
anthropoid ,
ape -
man ,
autochthon ,
barbarian ,
brute ,
bushman ,
cave dweller ,
caveman ,
fossil man ,
hominid ,
humanoid ,
man of old ,
missing link ,
preadamite ,
prehistoric man ,
prehuman ,
primate ,
primitive ,
protohuman ,
savage
安装中文字典英文字典查询工具! 中文字典英文字典工具:
复制到剪贴板
英文字典中文字典相关资料: