lumper

• 名词，有两个不同含义：一是指在港口装卸船只货物的码头工人；二是指根据主要特征将生物归入宽泛类群的分类学家。

A noun with two distinct meanings: a laborer who loads and unloads vessels in a port, or a taxonomist who classifies organisms into broad groups based on major characteristics.

1. Dock workerB2formal

   A person employed to load and unload cargo from ships at a port.

   码头装卸工

   • The lumper worked through the night to unload the container ship.
   • Several lumpers were hired to handle the heavy machinery.
   • The port authority requires all lumpers to wear safety gear.

   同义词dockerdockhanddockworkerloaderlongshoremanstevedore

2. Taxonomist (broad classification)C1formalscientific

   A scientist who groups organisms into broad categories based on shared major characteristics, rather than splitting them into many small groups.

   合并派分类学家

   • As a lumper, she argued that many species of finches should be classified under a single genus.
   • The debate between lumpers and splitters continues in modern taxonomy.
   • A lumper tends to see similarities rather than differences between organisms.

   反义词splitter