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单词 troglodyte
释义
trog·lo·dyte (trŏglə-dīt)
n.
1.
a. often Troglodyte A member of a fabulous or prehistoric race of people that lived in caves, dens, or holes.
b. A person considered to be reclusive, reactionary, out of date, or brutish.
2.
a. A nonhuman ape. Not in scientific use.
b. An animal that lives underground, as an ant or a worm. Not in scientific use.

[From Latin Trōglodytae, a people said to be cave dwellers, from Greek Trōglodutai, alteration (influenced by trōglē, hole, and -dutai, those who enter) of Trōgodutai.]

troglo·dytic (-dĭtĭk), troglo·dyti·cal (-ĭ-kəl) adj.
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