troglodyte

英 [ˈtrɒɡlədaɪt]

美 [ˈtrɑːɡlədaɪt]

n.  (尤指史前时期的)穴居人

复数：troglodytes　

BNC.42861 / COCA.33493

柯林斯词典

• 穴居人
  Atroglodyteis someone who lives in a cave.
• N-COUNT 井底之蛙;见识短浅的人
  If you refer to someone as atroglodyte, you mean that they are unsophisticated and do not know very much about anything.
  1. He dismissed advocates of a completely free market as economic troglodytes with no concern for the social consequences.
     他认为那些鼓吹完全自由市场经济的人对经济只是一知半解，完全没有顾及到可能产生的社会后果。

英英释义

noun

• someone who lives in a cave
  Synonym:cavemancave mancave dweller
• one who lives in solitude
  Synonym:hermitreclusesolitarysolitudinarian

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