gold bug

短语

[经] 臭财主, 主张金本位制的人

词形变化

gold bugs 复数 gold bugs

别名

goldbug

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A person with a particularly great enthusiasm for investing in gold (the metal).

    非正式 商务 金融

    The swing in equities scared him so much that he became a gold bug for a while.

  2. 2.

    A person who is opposed to fiat currency and supports a return to the gold standard.

    非正式 金融

    The swing in inflation scared him so much that he became a gold bug for a while.

  3. 3.

    A person who collects gold items.

    非正式

    If you see the decorating style in his living room, you'll know that he's a gold bug.

  4. 4.

    A particularly great enthusiasm for gold — whether as an investment, a hoard, a collectible, or otherwise — portrayed figuratively as an arthropod that bites people and infects them, causing a mental illness.

    非正式

    bitten by the gold bug

    He was bitten by the gold bug a long time ago, and some of the venom is still in his veins.