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单词 bottom feeder
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
bottom feed′er, 
  1. See bottom fish. 
  2. a person who functions or seeks to gain at the lowest level of an activity:bottom feeders who buy undervalued stocks; social bottom feeders hanging out in seedy bars.
  3. a person who appeals to base instincts:Gossip columnists are the bottom feeders of journalism.
Also called bottom-fisher (for defs. 2, 3).
bottom feed′er, 
  1. See bottom fish. 
  2. a person who functions or seeks to gain at the lowest level of an activity:bottom feeders who buy undervalued stocks; social bottom feeders hanging out in seedy bars.
  3. a person who appeals to base instincts:Gossip columnists are the bottom feeders of journalism.
Also called bottom-fisher (for defs. 2, 3).
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
bottom feeder n
  1. a fish that feeds on material at the bottom of a river, lake, sea, etc
  2. an objectionable and unimpressive person or thing
  3. Also called: bottom fisher a speculator who buys shares in companies that are performing poorly in anticipation of improved performance
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