sandhog

n. 隧道工

发音

UK /ˈsændhɒɡ/
AU
US /ˈsændhɔɡ/

词形变化

sandhogs 复数 sandhogs sandhogged sandhogging sandhogs 三单 sandhogging 现在分词 sandhogged 过去式 sandhogged 过去分词

别名

sand-hog sand hog

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A person employed to dig tunnels, or (more generally) to work underground or under water.

    美国 比喻 俚语
v.
  1. 1.

    To work at digging tunnels, or (more generally) underground or under water.

    美国 不及物 俚语

词源

From sand + hog, perhaps alluding to a hog (“animal of the Suidae family, especially a boar, pig, or warthog”) digging in sand.

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