clodhopper
英 ['kl?dh?p?]
美['klɑdhɑp?]
- n. 鄉(xiāng)下佬；粗人；大而重的鞋
詞態(tài)變化
復(fù)數(shù):?clodhoppers;
英文詞源
- clodhopper (n.)
- 1690s, slang, "one who works on plowed land, a rustic," from clod (n.) + agent noun from hop (v.). Compare in a similar sense clod-breaker, clod-crusher; in this word perhaps a play on grasshopper. Sense extended by 1836 to the shoes worn by such workers.
