rube

英 [ruːb] 美
  • n. 乡巴佬;土包子
  • adj. 土里土气的;像乡巴佬的
  • n. (Rube)人名;(德)鲁贝;(英)鲁布

英文词源


rube (n.)
1896, reub, from shortened form of masc. proper name Reuben (q.v.), which is attested from 1804 as a conventional type of name for a country man.

双语例句


1. He's no rube. He's a very smart guy.
他可不是什么土包子。他非常聪明。

来自柯林斯例句

2. The era of the backwoods rube is gone.
落后地区乡巴佬的时代已成过去.

来自辞典例句

3. Once the hero of Jefferson , the virtuous husbandman, he was the rube, the hick, the hayseed.
一度被杰斐逊奉为英雄的农民, 昔日俨然是男子汉大丈夫,而今却一落千丈,成了乡下人 、 庄稼汉 、 乡巴佬.

来自辞典例句

4. I felt like a rube but nobody discriminated me.
觉得自己像个乡巴佬进城,却没人歧视我.

来自互联网

5. Neither Rube nor I were married and we soon became very friendly.
鲁布和我都还没结婚.很快,我们成了好朋友.

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