英语词汇“digger”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

dig·ger

(dĭgər)

a. A person or animal that digs: a digger of gardens; a digger for information.

b. A tool or machine used for digging or excavating.

2. often Digger Informal

a. A soldier from Australia in World War I and World War II.

b. A soldier from New Zealand in World War I.

3. also Digger , or Digger Indian Offensive Used as a disparaging term, especially in the 1800s, for a member of any of various Native American peoples of the Great Basin, such as the Utes, Paiutes, and Western Shoshones.

4. Chiefly New England A fall: slipped on the icy sidewalk and took a digger.

[Sense 3, from their use of digging sticks as foraging tools.]

单词	digger
释义	dig·ger (dĭgər) n. 1. a. A person or animal that digs: a digger of gardens; a digger for information. b. A tool or machine used for digging or excavating. 2. often Digger Informal a. A soldier from Australia in World War I and World War II. b. A soldier from New Zealand in World War I. 3. also Digger , or Digger Indian Offensive Used as a disparaging term, especially in the 1800s, for a member of any of various Native American peoples of the Great Basin, such as the Utes, Paiutes, and Western Shoshones. 4. Chiefly New England A fall: slipped on the icy sidewalk and took a digger. [Sense 3, from their use of digging sticks as foraging tools.]
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