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troglodyte

/trog-luh-dahyt/US // ˈtrɒg ləˌdaɪt //UK // (ˈtrɒɡləˌdaɪt) //

蛙人,蛙人族,蛙泳者,蛙泳

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a prehistoric cave dweller.
    • : a person of degraded, primitive, or brutal character.
    • : a person living in seclusion.
    • : a person unacquainted with affairs of the world.
    • : an animal living underground.

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Examples

  • Reactionary troglodyte Tea Party embraces the Constitution—says it means government wronging rights.

  • You need not be a right-wing troglodyte to see this as a regrettable consequence of progress.

  • The troglodyte would have clubbed Darling, and later, if the lady played tricks, he would have ended her in the same way.

  • This dim troglodyte industry was in truth the centre and mainspring of all industries, without which trade would stop.

  • The people have plenty of fowls, and they too obtain shelter in these Troglodyte habitations.

  • Images of gouged out earth, mole hills and a troglodyte's existence in the trenches of Verdun flickered across Bertrand's mind.

  • In the beginning there must have been in these cliffs natural caves occupied by our earliest troglodyte ancestors.