digger

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n. 挖掘者

发音

US /ˈdɪɡɚ/
AU
UK /ˈdɪɡə/

词形变化

diggers 复数 diggers

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A large piece of machinery that digs holes or trenches.

  2. 2.

    A tool for digging.

  3. 3.

    A spade (playing card).

    俚语
  4. 4.

    One who digs.

  5. 5.

    A gold miner, one who digs for gold.

    澳大利亚 废旧
  6. 6.

    An Australian soldier.

    澳大利亚 非正式
  7. 7.

    a friendly term of address, especially to a man.

    澳大利亚 过时 引申义
  8. 8.

    A member of any Native American people in the western United States, especially Native Californians.

    美国 过时 冒犯 俚语 粗俗

词汇关系

名词

同义词 3

shovel excavator power shovel

上位词 5

jack machine laborer labourer manual laborer

下位词 5

dredge backhoe ditchdigger steam shovel trencher

相关短语

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词源

From Middle English dyggar, equivalent to dig + -er. In the sense of "Australian soldier", attributed to the considerable time that soldiers spent digging trenches during World War I.

来源：wiktionary