city slicker
音标发音
- 英式音标 [ˌsɪt.i ˈslɪk.ər]
- 美式音标 [ˌsɪt̬.i ˈslɪk.ɚ]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- n. (时髦世故的)城市人,城市滑头
英汉例句
- After getting an incomprehensible set of directions, the city slicker says to the farmer, "You're not very smart, are you?"
由于认不清方向,城里人对农夫说,“你不是很聪明,是吗?” - EXAMPLE: Dressed in my fancy new clothing I feel uncomfortable when I visit my relatives in the village where I was born because I feel like a city slicker.
穿着漂亮的新衣裳去拜访我出生地所在的农村的亲戚,让我感觉不适,因为我觉得自己像一个讲穿戴、油嘴滑舌的城里人。 - Her city slicker boyfriend looked pretty clumsy out here on the farm.
她那个衣着讲究世故老练的城市男友到了农庄这里看起来挺笨拙的。 - Note he did not stride into a conference of unionists and act like a London City slicker by treating them with contempt.
FORBES: Money, Economy, Statistics - For the moment, ranchers and city-slicker computer wizards both find themselves under the Republican label, united by a common disdain for taxes and regulation.
ECONOMIST: A new Republican heartland
双语例句
权威例句
英英字典
- a person who lives in a city, and has no experience of or knowledge about living in the countryside
- If you refer to someone as a city slicker, you mean that they live and work in a city and are stylish and sophisticated.