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backwoodsman

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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back·woods·man /ˈbækwʊdzmən/ noun (plural backwoodsmen /-mən/) [countable]  1. COUNTRYSIDEsomeone who lives in the backwoods 边远地区的居民2. British EnglishPGP a member of a political party or parliament, especially the House of Lords, who is not very active politically and only sometimes votes, attends meetings etc 蛮荒党员[议员](指政治上不太积极的政党成员或议员,他们只是偶尔投票或出席会议,尤指上议院议员〕
Examples from the Corpus
backwoodsmanThere are certain backwoodsmen fighting on crop assurance while 70-80 % of the industry is behind it.Lord Hesketh, the government's chief whip, knows that backwoodsmen need delicate handling.
back·woods·man nounChineseSyllable
the lives someone Corpus in who backwoods


backwoodsman
backwoodsman /ˈbækwʊdzmən/ noun (plural backwoodsmen /-mən/) [countable]
1. someone who lives in the backwoods
2. British English a member of a political party or parliament, especially the House of Lords, who is not very active politically and only sometimes votes, attends meetings etc


back·woods·manBrE /ˈbækwʊdzmən/ 🔊NAmE /ˈbækwʊdzmən/ 🔊 noun (
plural
back·woods·men BrE /ˈbækwʊdzmən/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈbækwʊdzmən/ 🔊
)
(NAmE)
a person who lives in a region far from towns where not many people live, especially one who does not have much education or good manners (尤指没有文化或粗野的)边远地区的乡下人