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单词 troglodyte
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
trog•lo•dyte /ˈtrɑgləˌdaɪt/USA pronunciation   n. [countable]
  1. Anthropologya person of prehistoric times who lived in a cave.
  2. a person of primitive or brutal character.
  3. an extremely old-fashioned or conservative person.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
trog•lo•dyte  (troglə dīt′),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. a prehistoric cave dweller.
  2. a person of degraded, primitive, or brutal character.
  3. a person living in seclusion.
  4. a person unacquainted with affairs of the world.
  5. Ecologyan animal living underground.
  • Greek trōglodýtēs one who creeps into holes, cave dweller, equivalent. to trōglo- (combining form of tró̄glē a gnawed hole; compare trogon) + (ein) to creep into + -tēs agent suffix
  • Latin trōglodyta
  • 1545–55;
trog•lo•dyt•ic  (trog′lə ditik),USA pronunciation trog′lo•dyti•cal, adj.  trog•lo•dyt•ism  (troglə dī tiz′əm),USA pronunciation n. 
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
troglodyte /ˈtrɒɡləˌdaɪt/ n
  1. a cave dweller, esp one of the prehistoric peoples thought to have lived in caves
  2. informal a person who lives alone and appears eccentric
Etymology: 16th Century: via Latin from Greek trōglodutēs one who enters caves, from trōglē hole + duein to enter

troglodytic /ˌtrɒɡləˈdɪtɪk/, ˌtrogloˈdytical adj
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