doodlebugger

发音

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词形变化

doodlebuggers 复数 doodlebuggers

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A dowser searching for subterranean natural resources such as water or oil.

    俚语

    This was a "doodlebugger," a man who searches for oil with divining rods of wondrous shapes and descriptions. And not just any doodlebugger, but one of the hottest noses in the amateur oil-sniffing game – Walter J. Nelson.

  2. 2.

    A geophysicist working in the field to explore oil or other natural resources.

    俚语 引申义

词源

From doodlebug (“divining rod”) + -er.

来源：wiktionary