| 单词 | rockhound |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrockhound rockhound n. colloquial (originally U.S.) (a) a geologist; (b) an amateur mineralogist. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > earth sciences > geology > geologist > [noun] hammerer1611 geologist1778 geognosist1797 geologer1797 geologue1799 geognost1802 geologian1813 geologician1818 fault-reader1891 rockhound1922 the world > the earth > earth sciences > geology > mineralogy > [noun] > mineralogist mineralist1631 mineralogist1646 oryctologist1799 rockhound1922 1922 Daily Ardmoreite (Ardmore, Okla.) 10 Jan. 6/2 (heading) Interesting tale of work in Africa told by Texas rock hound. 1940 Fortune Mar. 83 Drillers consider themselves a superior breed, look with scorn upon ‘rockhounds’ (geologists), ‘chemicos,’ pipemen, roughnecks, etc. 1949 Nat. Hist. 58 220/1 There are numerous semiprecious stones to interest the ‘rock hound’. 1962 E. Lucia Klondike Kate viii. 175 Kate was central Oregon's first serious rock hound, of which there are thousands today. 1979 N.Y. Times Mag. 30 Sept. 88/2 (advt.) Exclusive metal ratchet device permits shovel to be locked into any position... A necessity, too, for sportsmen,..fishermen, hikers, rockhounds. 1991 Vermont May–June 32/2 After prospecting old mining sites..and talking to other rockhounds, he decided, ‘There's gold scattered all around the state.’ < as lemmas |
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