groundling
/ˈgraʊndlɪŋ/noun
1
- a spectator or reader of inferior taste (originally a member of the part of a theatre audience that traditionally stood in the pit beneath the stage)低层次观众（或读者）, 缺乏鉴赏能力的观众（或读者）（原意指旧时剧院后座站票观众）：
Dante is not for groundlings.
但丁的作品不是给缺乏欣赏能力的低层次读者看的。
ORIGIN: with reference to Shakespeare's Hamlet Ⅲ. ii. 11.
2
- a person on the ground as opposed to one in a spacecraft or aircraft地面上的人（与飞机、飞船上的人相对）。
3
- a fish that lives at the bottom of lakes and streams, especially a gudgeon or loach水底鱼类（尤指鱼或泥鳅）。
4
- a creeping or dwarf plant匍匐植物; 矮生植物。
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