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单词 troglodyte
释义
troglodyte
noun[C]
uk
/ˈtrɒɡ.lə.daɪt/us
/ˈtrɑː.ɡlə.daɪt/
social sciencespecialized
apersonwholivesin acave,especiallyapersonwholivedin acaveinprehistorictimes(= theperiodbefore there were writtenrecords):
Mostpeopleassociatetroglodytes withprehistorictimes, but troglodytecommunitiesstillexistin Tunisia andChina.大多数人一说到穴居人就会想到史前时期，但是在突尼斯和中国如今仍然存在窑洞居民点。
informal
astupidpersonwho hasold-fashionedviewsorhabits, orbehavesin a way that is notconsideredsociallyacceptable:
Heurgedtheministernot to besloweddown in any way by thereactionarytroglodyteforcesin allpartieswhoopposedreform.
More examples
  • The Horites,theirpredecessorsinMountSeir, were troglodytes or dwellers incaves.
  • She has beenworkingaway down here in thiscrampedroomlike a troglodyte for 16years, neverseeingthedaylight.
  • Ithinkhe says this because he is anilliteratetroglodyte, withminimalif anyunderstandingoffemales.
  • He said that he was areformconservativeand we were troglodytesstuck20yearsin the past.
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People who live or settle somewhere
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(Definition oftroglodytefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
troglodyte
noun[C]
social sciencespecialized
uk
/ˈtrɒɡ.lə.daɪt/us
/ˈtrɑː.ɡlə.daɪt/
apersonwholivesin acave
穴居人
Mostpeopleassociatetroglodytes withprehistorictimes, but troglodytecommunitiesstillexistin Tunisia andChina.大多数人一说到穴居人就会想到史前时期，但是在突尼斯和中国如今仍然存在窑洞居民点。

Examplesoftroglodyte

troglodyte
Rather than a vision of technical marvels, he sees an urban ruin, an atavistic space inhabited by people whose lives are little better than those of troglodytes.
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But what aboutpan troglodytes (satyrus) just below it, which is a chimpanzee?
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I sincerely hope that this debate will fortify him in his struggle against monetary troglodytes.
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I would not have believed that any troglodytes so deep in the cave remained in the world as were revealed by that document.
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He is using the glossary of the twentieth century with the mentality of atroglodyte.
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Their intransigent andtroglodyteattitude was what caused the strike to go on for so long.
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He is entitled to his opinion, but he is rather atroglodytein saying that in terms of modern society.
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We have had the doctrine of the troglodytes, but we have not yet had any reasons against doing this thing wisely and carefully.
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He really is applying the principles of the troglodytes to this proposal.
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Is that not a curious—one might even say,troglodyte—view of the world?
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I think they have taken atroglodyteattitude to the fundamental and delicate problems that are facing our society to-day.
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I do not believe that we are troglodytes.
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It offers a prospect that at some time men will not be troglodytes working underground doing dangerous work to reinforce the energies of man.
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I have never had great faith in what might be described astroglodytetechnology.
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I speak not as atroglodyteor as a luddite.
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