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backwoodsman

/bak-woodz-muhn/US // ˈbækˈwʊdz mən //UK // (ˈbækˌwʊdzmən) //

落伍者,乡下人,乡巴佬,乡绅

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural back·woods·men.

    • : a person living in or coming from the backwoods, or a remote or unsettled area.
    • : a person of uncouth manners, rustic behavior or speech, etc.
    • : British. a peer who rarely attends the House of Lords.

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Examples

  • Your true backwoodsman carefully hides every sign of his love for either family or friends.

  • The backwoodsman, as he drank, held a tight grip on the rope.

  • Thus commanded, and the man at the stern paddle being supreme in a canoe, the backwoodsman obeyed with a curse.

  • They could drive a bargain and could discover loopholes in a contract in a fashion to take the average backwoodsman off his feet.

  • Swift as that spring was, that of the alert backwoodsman was just swift enough to elude it—in part.