資料來源 : pyDict
穴居人;隱士
資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Troglodyte \Trog"lo*dyte\, n. [L. troglodytae, pl., Gr. ? one
who creeps into holes; ? a hole, cavern (fr. ? to gnaw) + ?
enter: cf. F. troglodyte.]
1. (Ethnol.) One of any savage race that dwells in caves,
instead of constructing dwellings; a cave dweller. 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. (Zo["o]l.) An anthropoid ape, as the chimpanzee.
3. (Zo["o]l.) The wren.
資料來源 : WordNet®
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}]
資料來源 : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing
troglodyte
(Commodore) 1. A hacker who never leaves his cubicle.
The term "Gnoll" (from Dungeons & Dragons) is also reported.
2. A curmudgeon attached to an obsolescent computing
environment. The combination "ITS troglodyte" was flung
around some during the {Usenet} and {e-mail} wringle-wrangle
attending the 2.x.x revision of the {Jargon File}; at least
one of the people it was intended to describe adopted it with
pride.
[{Jargon File}]
(1995-01-11)