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单词 cliff dwellers
释义

cliff dweller

noun

1
often capitalized C&D
a
: a member of a prehistoric American Indian people of the southwestern U.S. who built their homes on rock ledges or in the natural recesses of canyon walls and cliffs
b
: a member of any cliff-dwelling people
2
: a resident of a large usually metropolitan apartment building
cliff dwelling noun

Word History

First Known Use

1875, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

cliff dwellers

noun

plural of cliff dweller
as in residers

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • residers
  • inhabitants
  • residents
  • occupants
  • dwellers
  • nationals
  • habitants
  • towns
  • denizens
  • natives
  • townspeople
  • subjects
  • townswomen
  • villagers
  • townsfolk
  • burghers
  • townsmen
  • citizens
  • suburbanites
  • townies
  • urbanites

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • visitors
  • aliens
  • foreigners
  • tourists
  • noncitizens
  • guests
  • transients
  • gownsmen
  • nonnatives
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