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    yokel

    Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++yo·kel /ˈjəʊkəl $ ˈjoʊ-/ noun [countable]  STUPID/NOT INTELLIGENTsomeone who comes from the countryside, seems stupid, and does not know much about modern life, ideas etc – used humorously 乡巴佬，土包子〔幽默用法〕
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    yokel• Who but Ashton would have thought of giving this country yokel so delicate a movement?• And then we could have dances - grown-up ones, for the yokels and their sweethearts.• The place looked clean and secure, the yokels doltish but harmless.• Nature alone can not influence an unschooled yokel.    Origin yokel (1800-1900) Perhaps from yokel “green woodpecker”
    yo·kel nounChineseSyllable
    comes who seems from the Corpus countryside, someone


    yokel
    yo‧kel /ˈjəʊkəl $ ˈjoʊ-/ noun [countable]
     Date: 1800-1900
     Origin: Perhaps from yokel 'green woodpecker'
    someone who comes from the countryside, seems stupid, and does not know much about modern life, ideas etc – used humorously


    yokelBrE /ˈjəʊkl/ 🔊NAmE /ˈjoʊkl/ 🔊 noun (often humorous) if you call a person a yokel, you are saying that they do not have much education or understanding of modern life, because they come from the countryside 乡巴佬；乡下人