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hick

英 [hɪk] 美[hɪk]
  • n. 乡下人;反应迟钝的人;土头土脑的人
  • adj. 乡下的;乡巴佬的;愚蠢的
  • n. (Hick)人名;(东南亚国家华语)锡;(英)希克(男子教名 Richard 的昵称)

扩展词汇

词态变化


复数: hicks;

中文词源


hick 乡巴佬

来自人名Richard昵称,词义贬义化或被恶搞。比较dick,doll,wally,willy.

英文词源


hick (n.)
late 14c. as a pet form of masc. proper name Richard. Meaning "awkward provincial person" was established by 1700 (see rube); earlier it was the characteristic name of a hosteler, hackneyman, etc. (late 14c.), perhaps via alliteration. The adjective is recorded by 1914.
A hick town is one where there is no place to go where you shouldn't be. [attributed to U.S. humorist Robert Quillen (1887-1948)]

双语例句


1. He is an obnoxious hick.
他是个讨厌的乡巴佬。

来自柯林斯例句

2. I was just a hick from Texas then.
那时我不过是从得克萨斯来的土包子。

来自《权威词典》

3. Graeme Hick scored an unbeaten 58 as Worcestershire replied to Middlesex's 202 with 132-3.
格雷姆·希克未出局拿得58分,从而使伍斯特郡队以132分3人出局的成绩回敬了米德尔塞克斯队的202分。

来自柯林斯例句

4. " Listen, kid, I was worried when I couldn't get ahold of you in that hick town.
“ 你听着, 小鬼,当我派的人到你那个乡下小镇去找不到你的时候, 我还很担心哪.

来自教父部分

5. Once the hero of Jefferson , the virtuous husbandman, he was the rube, the hick, the hayseed.
一度被杰斐逊奉为英雄的农民, 昔日俨然是男子汉大丈夫,而今却一落千丈,成了乡下人 、 庄稼汉 、 乡巴佬.

来自辞典例句