rock hound

短语

地质学家

发音

AU

词形变化

rock hounds 复数 rock hounds

别名

rockhound

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A person who collects rocks and minerals from the natural environment as a hobby.

    习语

词源

In use by 1910s (see Citations). Originally a playful term for geologists employed in the early days of the oil industry - other similar names included "sand smeller", "oil witch", "wrinkle chaser", "pebble pup". The intended parallel being the likeness of a geologist sniffing out - like a hound - something of value among the rocks. Term popularized perhaps by a 1921 story published in Cosmopolitan titled The Rockhound.

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