yokel
英 ['j??k(?)l]
美
- n. 鄉(xiāng)巴佬；莊稼漢
GRE
詞態(tài)變化
復(fù)數(shù):?yokels;
中文詞源
yokel 鄉(xiāng)巴佬
可能來(lái)自德語(yǔ)方言Jokel，來(lái)自Jakob的昵稱(chēng)，用以稱(chēng)呼農(nóng)夫，含貶義。
英英釋意
- 1. not very intelligent or interested in culture
英文詞源
- yokel (n.)
- 1812, perhaps from dialectal German Jokel, disparaging name for a farmer, originally diminutive of Jakob. Or perhaps from English yokel, dialectal name for "woodpecker."
實(shí)用場(chǎng)景例句
- George Biley is not a ordinary yokel.
- 喬治·貝利不是一個(gè)普通的粗人.
期刊摘選
- Listen to the local yokel yodel.
- 聽(tīng)聽(tīng)那個(gè)本地土包子唱的岳得爾調(diào).
期刊摘選
- At school, his classmates regarded him as a yokel and laughed at his rustic mannerisms.
- 在學(xué)校他的同學(xué)認(rèn)為他是鄉(xiāng)下佬并嘲笑他的鄉(xiāng)村的怪習(xí)慣.
期刊摘選
- They are listening to the local yokel yodel.
- 他們正在聽(tīng)那個(gè)本地土包子唱歌.
期刊摘選
- His mouth was agape in yokel fashion.
- 他張著口,一副土包子的樣子.
辭典例句
- But George Bailey is not a common , ordinary yokel.
- 可是,喬治·貝利不是一個(gè)普通的粗人.
期刊摘選
- The clothes makes him look like a yokel.
- 這件衣服讓他看起來(lái)像個(gè)鄉(xiāng)巴佬。
辭典例句