| 词汇 | city-slicker |
| 释义 | city slicker noun[ C ] US and Australian Englishinformaldisapprovinguk /ˌsɪt.i ˈslɪk.ər/ us /ˌsɪt̬.i ˈslɪk.ɚ/(UKtownie) a person who lives in a city, and has no experience of or knowledge about living in the countryside城市老油子;油头滑脑的城里人 People who live or settle somewhere asylum seeker boarder brain drain co-resident cohabitant Georgian guest worker habitant illegal alien illegal immigrant lodger Orcadian outflow overspill repeople returnee squatter villager welcome wagon year-rounder Examples of city slickercity slicker The archetypal cityslicker is depicted as a spoiled selfish lazy rich person who considers people living on farms to be poor and ignorant. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. A cityslicker, often gains a culture shock when coming to the farm. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. As a cityslicker, he finds himself bungling in a new environment. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Cityslicker is an idiomatic expression for someone accustomed to a city or urban lifestyle and unsuited to life in the country. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. On the contrary, the townsfolk prove the equal of the city slickers in guile, and a fair exchange of indiscretions and humiliations belongs to both sides. It is not really a question of "city slickers" gambling, although no doubt people do gamble. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They have the idea that in some way the city slickers always know best how to deal with such matters. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 People in the rural communities are being confronted, much against their will, with the city slickers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Dogpatch residents regularly combat the likes of city slickers, business tycoons, government officials and intellectuals with their homespun simplicity. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The floating houses that come to view as visitors approach the island are a sight to awe any city slickers. 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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