yokel
yokel — 名詞
- yokelsingular
- yokelsplural
1. a rude word for someone from the countryside who seems foolish, awkward, or out
鄉巴佬
帶貶義，指土氣又見識少的鄉下人
a rude word for someone from the countryside who seems foolish, awkward, or out of place in town
The city reporter described the farmers as yokels, which angered local readers.
那位都市記者把農夫寫成鄉巴佬，惹怒了當地讀者。
describe someone as a yokel
Joaquín hated the TV ad that made every small-town dad a yokel.
Joaquín 很討厭那支電視廣告，把每個小鎮爸爸都演成鄉巴佬。
make someone a yokel
At the hotel, Pedro feared his muddy boots made him look like a yokel.
在旅館裡，Pedro 擔心自己的泥靴讓他看起來像個鄉巴佬。
The salesman smiled at Tunde as if Tunde were a yokel from nowhere.
那名推銷員對著 Tunde 微笑，好像 Tunde 是個不知從哪來的鄉巴佬。
Lan refused the fake accent because the line sounded like a yokel joke.
Lan 拒絕用那種假口音，因為那句台詞聽起來像在拿鄉巴佬開玩笑。
文法句型
call someone a yokel
look like a yokel
treat someone as a yokel
用法筆記
Usually used as an insult. People often use it to mock someone's accent, clothes, manners, or lack of familiarity with city life, not simply to say that the person lives in the countryside.