cavemen

英 [ˈkeɪvmən]

美

n.  (数千年前的)穴居人; 野蛮的人; 粗野的人
caveman的复数

柯林斯词典

• (史前时代的)穴居人
  Cavemenwere people in prehistoric times who lived mainly in caves.

双语例句

• We tend to think of cavemen as pretty serious carnivores, hunting game and then roasting the yummy bits over a roaring campfire.
  人们往往认为穴居野人是名副其实的食肉动物，因为他们常常出去狩猎，然后围着熊熊篝火烤野味来吃。
• Cavemen probably shaved with stone knives, and there's some suggestion that they may even have trimmed their hair with fire.
  原始的洞穴人可能用石头制的刀来刮胡子，而且还有可能他们用火来修理他们的头发。
• Professor Gardner said: Work could be the best place for you on Monday because we are essentially cavemen in city suits.
  Gardner教授说：工作地是人们周一最好的去处。因为城市里的人基本上都是窝在家里的。
• Don't step in the fire. we're cavemen.
  别把火踩灭了，我们是山顶洞人。
• Then why are prehistoric people so often referred to as cavemen?
  那么为什么史前人类被频频称作山顶洞人呢？
• Back then, cavemen faced constant physical danger from other cavemen who wanted to steal their cave or food – or from wild animals who wanted to devour them.
  在当时，山顶洞人经常面对，来自其他想窃占他们洞穴，或食物的山顶洞人，或想吞噬他们的野生动物。
• Murals have been painted on walls since the time of cavemen, and serve a social purpose as well as looking pretty.
  从洞穴居住的原始人时代开始，壁画就已经出现了。如今街头壁画不仅包含着某种程度的社会意义，而且还装点了城市。
• Cavemen illustrated their walls with their dreams.
  原始人在墙上画下他们的梦想。
• It is hard to conceive of what life was like during the days of the cavemen.
  很难想象穴居时期人们的生活是什幺样子。
• Yet we sit huddled in the dark like prudish cavemen, filled with shame. And guilt.
  但我们却像假装正经的野人一般，在黑暗中挤坐成一团，内心充满羞愧与自责。