单词 | trougher |
释义 | trougher/ˈtrɒfə /noun informal 1A person who eats heartily or greedily: they opened their new bar and restaurant at Darlinghurst, welcoming a crush of 250 troughers and quaffers the corporate troughers were still awaiting their Black Forest gateaux 1.1 derogatory A person who makes ample use of opportunities afforded by their position in order to benefit themselves, especially financially: the serial trougher is living on the back of hard working earners OriginMid 19th century (in reference to a pig): from trough. |
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