Carpetbagger

['kɑːpɪtbæɡə(r)] or ['kɑrpɪtbæɡɚ]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) an outsider who seeks power or success presumptuously; 'after the Civil War the carpetbaggers from the north tried to take over the south'.

整理:谢尔登--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(n.) An adventurer; -- a term of contempt for a Northern man seeking private gain or political advancement in the southern part of the United States after the Civil War (1865).

手打:穆里尔