clodhopper
英 ['klɒdhɒpə]
美['klɑdhɑpɚ]
- n. 乡下佬；粗人；大而重的鞋
近义词
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英英释义
- 1. a thick and heavy shoe
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.
词态变化
复数: clodhoppers;