那些拒绝接受新技术的工程师被同事嘲笑为榆木脑袋。

The engineers who refused to adopt new technologies were mocked as bucketheads by their colleagues.

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The engineers who refused to adopt new technologies were mocked as bucketheads by their colleagues.

bucketheads 是由 bucket(桶)和 head(头)组成的复合词,字面意思是"桶头"。 bucket 本义是"水桶",在俚语中常用来形容"笨拙、迟钝"的意思。head 指"头部",常用来表示人的思维或性格特征。 bucketheads 作为俚语使用,比喻那些思想顽固、拒绝接受新事物的人,类似于中文里的"榆木脑袋"或"死脑筋"。

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