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call someone a cit
cit 是带贬义的旧式名词，指“市民；城里人”，在此作宾语补足语；其复数形式是 cits。
The old aristocrat contemptuously called the merchant a cit.
老贵族轻蔑地把那个商人叫作城里佬。
公民；市民；城里人
cits — plural of cit
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公民；市民；城里人
a citizen; an inhabitant of a city; a pert townsman (used contemptuously)
The old aristocrat contemptuously called the merchant a cit.
老贵族轻蔑地把那个商人叫作城里佬。
常含轻蔑意味，指市民或城里人。
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n. A citizen; an inhabitant of a city; a pert townsman; -- used；contemptuously.
The duke mocked the cit who knew nothing of country life.
公爵嘲笑那个对乡村生活一无所知的市民。
A couple of cits were arguing loudly about the price of bread.
两个市民正在大声争论面包的价格。
She dismissed him as a cit, too fond of his little shop and narrow streets.
她不屑地称他为城里人，嫌他太喜欢自己的小店和狭窄的街道。
cit 是带贬义的旧式名词，指“市民；城里人”，在此作宾语补足语；其复数形式是 cits。
The old aristocrat contemptuously called the merchant a cit.
老贵族轻蔑地把那个商人叫作城里佬。
该结构表示“某地的市民/城里人”，用于复数，[place] 可替换为具体地名。
The cits of the town were mocked in the comedy.
这座小城的市民们在那部喜剧里遭到嘲笑。
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无礼的城里人（轻蔑语）
The old country gentleman called the London merchant a pert cit.
老乡绅把那个伦敦商人叫作无礼的城里人。
伦敦的市民们（轻蔑说法）
The comedy delighted the cits of London.
这出喜剧让伦敦的市民们十分开心。
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发音像 sit：想象一位市民坐在城里；cit 也是 citizen 的开头。
语域：informal 常见场景：非正式口语、贬义指称 该词多用于非正式口语，常带有轻蔑或调侃语气，指称市民或城里人；正式写作中较少使用。
cit 作名词时可数，常含轻蔑意味，表示“市民、城里人”。
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