| 词汇 | townie |
| 释义 | townie noun[ C ] uk /ˈtaʊ.ni/ us /ˈtaʊ.ni/ informaldisapproving a person who lives in a town where there is a college but who is not involved with the college（大学城中与大学无关联的）居民 UK(US and Australian Englishcity slicker) a person who lives in a town, and has no experience of or knowledge about living in the countryside: （不了解乡下生活的）城里人 A couple of townies walked into the village pub, looking very out of place in their smart suits.几个城里人走进这家乡村酒馆，他们西装革履的光鲜打扮显得与环境很不谐调。 People who live or settle somewhere asylum seeker boarder brain drain city slicker co-resident frontiersman Georgian guest worker habitant illegal alien lodger occupier Orcadian outflow overspill repeople squatter villager welcome wagon year-rounder Examples of townietownie I am not a townie who does not know anything about agricultural workers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Who has the preeminent freedom—the townie or the countryman? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We heard earlier about the townie who does not understand country ways and a caving accident. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not speak as a townie who does not spend much time in the country. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I think that he is a county figure rather than a townie like me. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is a continuum between being a countryman and being a townie. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They may not be acceptable to a townie. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I hope that the judgment of the agriculture community will be the same for him as it will be for me—not at all bad for a townie. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Too often the view of the countryside is that portrayed by the townie—that the countryside should be preserved in aspic and that it is not a living and working environment. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Interference by bureaucracy and by the townie and the unrealistic antipathy to softwood is inviting long term stagnation of the industry and doing far more harm than good. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The other choice was to be a townie and work at a machine shop or restaurant in my hometown. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. A townie who grew up on the wrong side of the tracks, he did well enough in school to attend college on a scholarship where he is a champion rower. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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