undergrounder

n. 在地面下工作的人, 秘密组织成员, 地下铁道乘客

发音

UK /ˌʌn.dəˈɡɹaʊn.də/
US /ˌʌn.dɚˈɡɹaʊn.dɚ/
AU

词形变化

undergrounders 复数 undergrounders

别名

under-grounder

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An underground publication or movie.

    1957, Manny Farber, "Underground Films", in Robert Walsh (ed.) Negative Space: Manny Farber on the movies (1998), p. 27, The excess that is so noticeable in Stevens's brawl is absent in the least serious undergrounder, […]

    1985, Abe Peck, Uncovering the Sixties: The Life and Times of the Underground Press, p. 51, Street people, day-trippers, and tourists pushed the paper's circulation to 117,000, the largest any community undergrounder would reach.

  2. 2.

    A person who dwells underground.

  3. 3.

    One who is part of a secret or underground society or subculture.

词源

From underground + -er (Variety “-er”) or + -er (occupational suffix).

来源:wiktionary