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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。
乡巴佬
hicks — plural of hick
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乡巴佬
a person who is not very intelligent or interested in culture
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。
不很聪明或对文化不感兴趣的人
a person who is not very intelligent or interested in culture
After living in the city for years, he still felt like a hick when visiting the suburbs.
在城市生活多年后，他每次去郊区仍然觉得自己像个乡下人。
The tourists from the big city laughed at the local hicks who had never seen a smartphone.
来自大城市的游客嘲笑那些从未见过智能手机的当地土包子。
Don't be such a hick; you need to learn how to use email for work.
别那么迟钝；你得学会用电子邮件工作。
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。
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。
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。
Not this
He is very hick.
Use this
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。
Not this
There were many hick at the fair.
Use this
There were many hicks at the fair.
hick 是可数名词，复数形式要加 -s。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
来自偏远农村、没见过世面的人
He's a hick from the sticks, but he's actually very smart.
他是个来自偏远农村的人，但其实非常聪明。
乡下口音，土气口音
She spoke with a hick accent that sounded different from the city people.
她说话带着一口乡下口音，听起来和城里人不一样。
我只是一个来自弗伦奇利克的乡巴佬。
Larry Bird, despite being an NBA superstar, often called himself a hick from French Lick to remember his small-town roots.
尽管拉里·伯德是NBA巨星，他常称自己是来自弗伦奇利克的乡巴佬，以铭记自己小镇出身的根源。
Use hicks naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
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。
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。
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。
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