yokel
英 ['jəʊk(ə)l]
美
- n. 乡巴佬；庄稼汉
词态变化
复数: yokels;
中文词源
yokel 乡巴佬
可能来自德语方言Jokel，来自Jakob的昵称，用以称呼农夫，含贬义。
英英释意
- 1. not very intelligent or interested in culture
英文词源
- 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."
实用场景例句
- George Biley is not a ordinary yokel.
- 乔治·贝利不是一个普通的粗人.
期刊摘选
- Listen to the local yokel yodel.
- 听听那个本地土包子唱的岳得尔调.
期刊摘选
- At school, his classmates regarded him as a yokel and laughed at his rustic mannerisms.
- 在学校他的同学认为他是乡下佬并嘲笑他的乡村的怪习惯.
期刊摘选
- They are listening to the local yokel yodel.
- 他们正在听那个本地土包子唱歌.
期刊摘选
- His mouth was agape in yokel fashion.
- 他张着口,一副土包子的样子.
辞典例句
- But George Bailey is not a common , ordinary yokel.
- 可是,乔治·贝利不是一个普通的粗人.
期刊摘选
- The clothes makes him look like a yokel.
- 这件衣服让他看起来像个乡巴佬。
辞典例句