grass-eater

短语

词形变化

grass-eaters 复数

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An organism notable for eating grass

  2. 2.

    An organism notable for eating grass

    A fish of species Distichodus rostratus or Distichodus engycephalus, of Africa

  3. 3.

    A police officer who accepts offered bribes but does not actively seek them out.

    比喻
  4. 1.

    A celibate man, especially a Japanese man, who eschews dating and sexual relationships.

    贬义 俚语

词源

From grass + eater; applied to bribe-accepting polics by the Knapp Commission in the 1970s.

来源：wiktionary