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yokel

yo·kel

yokel · yokels

A person from or living in the countryside, viewed as being unsophisticated or naiveA person from or living in the countryside, viewed as being unsophisticated or naive.

UK/ˈjəʊ.kəl/US/ˈjoʊ.kəl/

» Only yokels spit on the ground.

Только бескультурные плюют на землю.

Только деревенщина плюёт на землю.

Тільки рагулі плюють на землю.

Значення

значень: 1

(зневажливе, сленг)A person from or living in the countryside, viewed as being unsophisticated or naive.
They love the scenery near their summer home, but have no desire to mix with the local yokels.
Bauerntölpel, Hinterwäldler, Tölpel
дереве́нщинаderevénščina

Ще визначення

a person who is not very intelligent or interested in culture

Приклади

речень: 2

Only yokels spit on the ground.
Тільки рагулі плюють на землю. — oromashka
ruТолько бескультурные плюют на землю. — User55521
CC BY 2.0 FR · Tatoeba · Lepotdeterre · C2Відкрити на Tatoeba Повідомити про проблему
Tom is a yokel.
CC BY 2.0 FR · Tatoeba · Lebensfreude · C2Відкрити на Tatoeba Повідомити про проблему

Переклади

мов: 8

Русский

a person from or living in the countryside, viewed as being unsophisticated or naive:

Deutsch

a person from or living in the countryside, viewed as being unsophisticated or naive:

Походження

First use appears c. 1812, possibly from dialectal German Jokel, diminutive of Jakob, cf.

First use appears c. 1812, possibly from dialectal German Jokel, diminutive of Jakob, cf. Yankee (“little John”) and jacquerie (“a peasant uprising”). Alternatively, from dialectal English yokel, yuckle (“a European green woodpecker”), itself probably a variant of hickwall.

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