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单词 pod people
释义

pod peoplen.

Brit. /ˈpɒd ˌpiːpl/, U.S. /ˈpɑd ˌpip(ə)l/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pod n.1, people n.
Etymology: < pod n.1 + people n., after pod person n.
A collection of people each of whom is a pod person (pod person n.); any group made up of individuals perceived to be identical to one another.
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1979 Washington Post 26 Apr. c15/5 All the wit went out of the show and the West Coast pod people flooded in.
1993 N.Y. Times Mag. 22 Aug. 38/3 Aerial photos showing an endless grid of treeless streets lined with bare, stencil-faced boxes, houses for pod people.
2001 K. Lette Nip 'n' Tuck 145 It featured..white-coated pod-people moving around efficiently with clipboards.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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