Значення

значень: 4
  1. An early human or closely related species, popularly held to reside in caves.

    The political cartoon showed the politician as a caveman, clubbing the budget depicted as a mammoth.

    Höhlenmensch

    пеще́рный челове́кpeščérnyj čelovék, троглоди́тtroglodít

    пече́рна люди́наpečérna ljudýna

  2. (зневажливе, переносно, розмовне)A person with backward, primitive behavior, opinions, or interests.

  3. A person with backward, primitive behavior, opinions, or interests.

    (зневажливе, переносно, розмовне)A brutish person, one who behaves in a rough, uncivilized way.

    The football squad was made up of cavemen who were responsible for trashing many a locker room.

  4. (зневажливе, переносно, розмовне)Someone, especially a man, who has regressive, old-fashioned attitudes, particularly with regard to women; someone opposed to change or modernity.

    Old Sven is a bit of a caveman; he figures giving women the right to vote was a bad idea.

    Pat is a real caveman when it comes to tech, and refuses to get a smartphone.

Ще визначення
  • a man who lives in a cave

Приклади

речень: 9
  1. Are you sure you want to live like a caveman?

    Ти впевнений, що хочеш жити як печерна людина?

  2. The caveman skillfully crafted tools from stone.

    deDer Höhlenmensch fertigte geschickt Werkzeug aus Stein an.

  3. There is evidence that cavemen hunted wooly rhinos.

  4. Reagan was economically neoliberal and socially a caveman.

  5. I wonder when a caveman said something like this.

    ruИнтересно, когда пещерный человек сказал что-то подобное.

    deIch frage mich, wann ein Höhlenmensch so etwas gesagt hat.

Українська
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Русский
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early humans or related species:
Deutsch
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Походження

From cave + man, based on the supposition that early humans dwelt in caves.

From cave + man, based on the supposition that early humans dwelt in caves.

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Форми

множина: cavemen
Однинаcaveman
Множинаcavemen

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Синоніми

синонімів: 11
early humans or related species:hominidhomininNeanderthaltroglodyte
brutish or savage person:boorknuckle draggerloutsavagethug
person with regressive opinions:male chauvinist
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Спільнокореневі

пов’язаних слів: 6

Дивіться також

сусідні слова
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