trog·lo·dyte /ˈtrɑgləˌdaɪt/
穴居人;隱士
Trog·lo·dyte n.
1. Ethnol. One of any savage race that dwells in caves, instead of constructing dwellings; a cave dweller, or cave man. Most of the primitive races of man were troglodytes.
In the troglodytes' country there is a lake, for the hurtful water it beareth called the =\“mad lake.”\= --Holland.
2. Zool. An anthropoid ape, as the chimpanzee.
3. Zool. The wren.
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troglodyte
n 1: one who lives in solitude [syn: hermit, recluse, solitary,
solitudinarian]
2: someone who dwells in a cave [syn: caveman, cave man, cave
dweller]