dodman

[人名] [英格兰人姓氏] 多德曼来源于Dodd,含义是“多德之仆”(servant of dodd)

发音

UK /ˈdɒdmən/
其它
US /ˈdɑdmən/

词形变化

dodmans 复数 dodmans dodmen dodmen 复数

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A land-based snail.

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  2. 2.

    A snail's shell.

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  3. 3.

    Any shellfish which casts its shell, such as a lobster.

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  4. 4.

    A surveyor.

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词源

Possibly dod (“(archaic) rounded, bare hilltop”) + -man, in the sense of a creature carrying a hill on its back. The word dod is from dod (“to clip, cut or lop off”), from Middle English dodden (“to shave, shear; to trim (a plant); to poll (cattle); to cut off (someone's head)”), from dod, dodde (“measure of grain”), from Old English. The surveyor sense appears to be based on a misconception by English amateur archaeologist and author Alfred Watkins (1855–1935) in his book The Old Straight Track (1925).

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