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hillbilly

/hil-bil-ee/US // ˈhɪlˌbɪl i //UK // (ˈhɪlˌbɪlɪ) //

乡巴佬,乡下人,山民,乡下佬

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural hill·bil·lies.

    • : a term used to refer to a person from a backwoods or other remote area, especially from the mountains of the southern U.S..
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : of, like, or relating to hillbillies: hillbilly humor.

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Examples

  • A manservant can become an accounts man, a hillbilly a blue-blooded Manhattan prince.

  • In rural Appalachia, the drug is sometimes referred to as “hillbilly heroin.”

  • The takeaway from Buckwild could be the strong bond of youthful friendship—a hillbilly version of us against the world.

  • Blankenship likes to portray himself as a rogue local mine operator with tough-guy hillbilly antics.

  • The radio in the car was yangling with hillbilly songs, the only thing you can pick up in Ohio, but I didn't care.

  • Nobody had any money except the hillbilly and he went home for the three days and really lived it up.

  • Obviously a hillbilly, he carried a carbine as though it were a part of him.

  • Jeff, who knew that it's as easy to trade a hillbilly out of his hand as to separate him from his rifle, continued to work calmly.

  • He rolled his big white eyes at me: "What in the name of Uncle Hillbilly air you up to then?"