| 词汇 | buckaroo |
| 释义 | buckaroo noun[ C ] USinformaluk /ˌbʌk.əˈruː/ us /ˌbʌk.əˈruː/ a person, especially in the western US, whose job is to take care of cattle: The ranch employs 14 buckaroos. After his days as a young buckaroo, he spent two decades doing rodeos. Synonym cowboy a form of address for someone, usually a man or boy, that you are speaking to in a friendly or sometimes a slightly annoyed way: If you don't know the difference between Star Wars and Star Trek, then move along, buckaroo. He cracked jokes and called me buckaroo. The deserts and mountains are inhabited by California quail, mountain sheep, mustangs and a few buckaroos. Ranch buckaroos regularly set fire to land in controlled burns to rejuvenate the grasses. Anglos coined the word buckaroo, their way of saying "vaquero", because they disliked the word cowboy and did not want to call themselves by that name. I had never seen him without his buckaroo hat. People who work with animals apiarist beekeeper breeder cowboy cowgirl dogcatcher drover gaucho goatherd groomer jackaroo jillaroo mahout milker ostler shepherd shepherdess stable boy stockman stockwoman You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Affectionate terms of address |
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