Hoover hog

短语

发音

UK /ˈhuːvəˌhɒɡ/
US /ˈhuvɚˌhɒɡ/

词形变化

Hoover hogs 复数 Hoover hogs

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An animal which is eaten by poor people during hard times, especially an armadillo or jackrabbit, but also a possum or squirrel.

    美国

词源

From Hoover (“US President Herbert Hoover”) + hog, because impoverished people were reduced to (and Hoover himself may have suggested) eating such animals during the Great Depression, which Hoover presided over the start of.

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