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rube

/roob/US // rub //UK // (ruːb) //

鲁比,鲁伯,鲁宾,鲁贝

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    Informal.

    • : an unsophisticated person from a rural area; hick.

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Examples

  • Salt was my friend, too, because to undersalt something is to be a rube.

  • A lazy off-season afternoon in Palmer's house is like being trapped in a Rube Goldberg cartoon.

  • Rube Goldberg legislation is most dangerous when you do not have buy-in from the public and the opposition party.

  • Such Rube Goldberg–like coincidences will not prevail against the Syria-Iran axis.

  • Foster, he thought, must certainly be scared of his wife, if he daren't show himself in this little rube town.

  • And everybody knew about the way Rube used to disappear every now and then during the middle of a season and go fishing.

  • Ollie Shreck, Rube's regular catcher, wouldn't sign a contract one season.

  • No one but Rube would have attempted such a thing; but he never stopped to think about odds or chances when his dander was up.

  • They had a couple of hours to rest their horses, and then Rube and I led them straight to the Mexican camp.