单词 | carpetbagger |
释义 | carpetbagger (kɑːʳpɪtbægəʳ ) Word forms: carpetbaggers countable noun If you call someone a carpetbagger, you disapprove of them because they are trying to become a politician in an area which is not their home, simply because they think they are more likely to succeed there. [US, disapproval] He had come to Washington, not as a common carpetbagger, but a man well known. |
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