plodder

大学

n. 沉重行走的人, 辛勤工作的人, 做事慢条斯理不开动脑筋的人

词形变化

plodders 复数 plodders

教材释义与例句

名词

沉重行走的人；辛勤工作的人

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A person who, or animal that, plods.

  2. 2.

    A person who works slowly, making a great effort with little result; a person who studies laboriously.

    1899, Pansy (pseudonym of Isabella Macdonald Alden), Three People, Boston: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, Chapter 21, p. 271, What an indefatigable plodder you are to get those papers ready so soon, and an unmerciful man besides to make me go over them to-night.

  3. 3.

    A machine for extruding soap, margarine, etc. through a die plate so it can be cut into billets.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 5

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上位词 10

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词源

From Middle English plodder, equivalent to plod + -er.

来源：wiktionary