oater

[美俚]西部电影或电视节目

发音

UK /ˈoʊ.tɚ/
US /ˈoʊ.tɚ/

词形变化

oaters 复数 oaters

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A movie or television show about cowboy or frontier life; a western movie.

    美国 非正式

词源

From oat + -er (“Variety -er”). First use appears c. 1945-50, alluding to the fodder for horses, which are common in the movies.

来源:wiktionary