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dalesman

/deylz-muhn/US // ˈdeɪlz mən //UK // (ˈdeɪlzmən) //

苍老师,乡下人,乡绅,苍蝇人

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural dales·men.

    • : a person living in a dale or valley, especially in the northern counties of England.

Examples

  • Or, if dialect poetry must be concerned only with rustic life, was the Craven dalesman to have no voice in the matter?

  • It is a country in which sheep are paramount; and every other Dalesman is engaged in that profession which is as old as Abel.

  • It was in a very wrathful mood that on his way home he turned into the Dalesman's Daughter in Silverdale.

  • A red-headed Dalesman snatched up a sword, but was felled by a blow from the fist of his neighbor.

  • Ralph recalled some dim memory of the young dalesman asking about his father.