Word · Frequency #17755
hick
乡巴佬
a person who is not very intelligent or interested in culture
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a person who is not very intelligent or interested in culture
不很聪明或对文化不感兴趣的人
不很聪明或对文化不感兴趣的人；乡下人；土头土脑的人；反应迟钝的人
In use
After living in the city for years, he still felt like a hick when visiting the suburbs.
The tourists from the big city laughed at the local hicks who had never seen a smartphone.
Don't be such a hick; you need to learn how to use email for work.
be a hick
用于贬低他人，认为其缺乏见识或品味。
He is such a hick; he has never been to a big city.
他真是个土包子，从没去过大城市。
call someone a hick
直接称呼他人为‘hick’具有冒犯性。
She called him a hick just because he wore overalls.
就因为他穿着工装裤，她叫他土老帽。
look like a hick
描述某人外表或举止土气。
With that straw hat and plaid shirt, you look like a hick.
戴着那顶草帽、穿着格纹衬衫，你看起来像个乡下人。
Common mistakes
He is very hick.He is a hick.
hick 是名词，不能直接用作形容词，前面需要加冠词 a。
There were many hick at the fair.There were many hicks at the fair.
hick 是可数名词，复数形式要加 -s。
Connections
Collocations
- small-town hick
- 小镇乡巴佬
- He was a small-town hick who had never ridden a subway.他是个从没坐过地铁的小镇乡巴佬。
- country hick
- 乡下土包子
- They called him a country hick because of his accent.他们因为他的口音叫他乡下土包子。
- ignorant hick
- 无知的乡巴佬
- She didn't want to be seen as an ignorant hick.她不想被人当成无知的乡巴佬。
- look like a hick
- 看起来像乡巴佬
- Without a tie, you look like a hick at this formal dinner.不打领带的话，你在这次正式晚宴上看起来像个乡巴佬。
Idioms & figurative uses
- hick town
- 乡下小镇，偏僻乏味的小城We drove through a hick town with one diner and no traffic lights.我们开车穿过一个只有一家小餐馆、没有红绿灯的乡下小镇。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
hick 的开头 hic 与 hiccup（打嗝）相同，想象乡巴佬打嗝时呆头呆脑的样子，既土气又不懂文化。
Context & Register
语域：informal 常见场景：日常口语、非正式聊天 hick 通常用于非正式口语，多带贬义，指认为某人没见识或不关心文化。正式写作或礼貌场合一般不使用。
Pronunciation & Spelling
hick 与 pick、kick、quick、thick、chick、sick 押韵，都读 /ɪk/。注意 hike /haɪk/ 拼写相近但元音不同，不押韵；hiccup 以 /hɪk/ 开头但整体不构成整词押韵。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.