hayseed

英 ['heɪsiːd] 美['he,sid]
  • n. 乡巴佬;干草种子,干草屑

英文词源


hayseed (n.)
also hay-seed, 1570s, "grass seed shaken out of hay," from hay + seed (n.). In U.S. slang sense of "comical rustic" it dates from 1875. To have hayseed in (one's) hair was a common mid-19c. way in U.S. to indicate a country person.
The opinion of the court was delivered by Justice Hunt; the chief justice, in whose hair the Ohio hayseed still lingers, delivering a dissenting opinion (etc.) ["The Chronicle," New York, Nov. 12, 1874]

双语例句


1. 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

2. Most farmer have a stereo type hayseed image.
大部分农民都有一副固定的乡巴佬形象.

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