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yokel是什么意思

yokel

英['jəʊk(ə)l] |美[]
    n.乡下佬,土包子
日语:芋 法语:rustre 德语:Idiot 韩语:시골뜨기 俄语:patán

牛津词典

noun

  1. 乡巴佬;乡下人
    if you call a person a yokel , you are saying that they do not have much education or understanding of modern life, because they come from the countryside


    词形变化

    名词复数形式:yokels



    双语例句

    1. Local yokel: Nothing& I was born here.
      乡下佬:没什么&我就出生在这个地方。
    2. Listen, you yokel, I've had it with you.
      听着,智障,我受够你了。
    3. His mouth was Agape in yokel fashion.
      他张着口,一副土包子的样子。
    4. Listen to the local yokel yodel!
      听本地庄稼人唱的岳得尔歌!
    5. But George Bailey is not a common, ordinary yokel.
      可是,乔治·贝利不是一个普通的粗人。


    语源

    early 19th cent.: perhaps figuratively from dialect yokelgreen woodpecker


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