hick

• 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)

词态变化

中文词源

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