caveman

名词 n.
中文释义
美 /ˈkeɪvˌmæn/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An early human or closely related species, popularly held to reside in caves.
    — The political cartoon showed the politician as a caveman, clubbing the budget depicted as a mammoth.
  2. A person with backward, primitive behavior, opinions, or interests. derogatory,figuratively,informal
    — You think your Caveman is always chasing you for sex. Well, he is.
  3. A person with backward, primitive behavior, opinions, or interests.; A brutish person, one who behaves in a rough, uncivilized way. derogatory,figuratively,informal
    — The football squad was made up of cavemen who were responsible for trashing many a locker room.
  4. A person with backward, primitive behavior, opinions, or interests.; Someone, especially a man, who has regressive, old-fashioned attitudes, particularly with regard to women; someone opposed to change or modernity. derogatory,figuratively,informal
    — Old Sven is a bit of a caveman; he figures giving women the right to vote was a bad idea.

词形变化

cavemen plural

词汇关系

近义词
male chauvinist Neanderthal
上位词
cave dweller
衍生词
caveman drums cavemanlike cavemannish cavemanny caveman stage
并列词
cavewoman

词源

From cave + man, based on the supposition that early humans dwelt in caves.
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