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yokel-like

/ˈjoʊ.kəl.laɪk/

翻译: 形容某人或某事物像乡下人,即来自农村、朴实、天真或不谙世故的人。

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adjective

/ˈjoʊ.kəl.laɪk/formal已废弃
  • zh形容某人或某事物像乡下人,即来自农村、朴实、天真或不谙世故的人。

An obsolete adjective describing someone or something that resembles a yokel, meaning a rustic, unsophisticated, or naive person from the countryside.

  1. Stupid and ignorant like proverbial rural inhabitantsC1informal

    Having the characteristics of a yokel; naive, unsophisticated, and lacking worldly knowledge.

    zh土里土气

    • His yokel-like behavior at the formal dinner embarrassed his hosts.
    • She had a yokel-like suspicion of anything modern or unfamiliar.
    • The movie portrayed the villagers in a yokel-like manner, which was offensive.

    同义词cloddishcountrifiedprovincialrusticuncultivatedunpolishedunrefinedunsophisticatedyokelish

    反义词cosmopolitancultivatedrefinedsophisticatedurbaneworldly

词形
  • more yokel-like comparative form
  • most yokel-like superlative form