单词 | gopher |
释义 | gopher gopher1 /goh"feuhr/, n. 1. any of several ground squirrels of the genus Citellus, of the prairie regions of North America. 2. See pocket gopher. 3. See gopher tortoise. 4. See gopher snake. 5. (cap.) a native or inhabitant of Minnesota (used as a nickname). v.i. 6. Mining. a. to mine unsystematically. b. to enlarge a hole, as in loose soil, with successively larger blasts. [1785-95; earlier megopher, magopher gopher tortoise; of obscure orig.; sp. copies GOPHER WOOD] gopher2 /goh"feuhr/, n. Slang. gofer. [1925-30; resp. of GOFER by assoc. with GOPHER1] |
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