interloper

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˌɪntəˈləʊ̯pə/    美 /ˌɪntɚˈloʊ̯pɚ/|/ˌɪntəˈlæɔ̯pə/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. One who interferes, intrudes or gets involved where not welcome, particularly a self-interested intruder.
    — They disliked the interloper, and forced him to leave.
  2. An unlicensed or illegitimate trader. obsolete

词形变化

interlopers plural

词汇关系

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词源

From inter- + loper (“runner, rover”), as in landloper (“vagrant”) (from lope (“to leap, to jump”) (originally dialectal)). Originally spelt enterloper and used in specific sense, “unauthorized trader trespassing on privileges of chartered companies”, later general sense of “self-interested intruder” from 1630s.
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