英语词汇“Queen Street”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

Queen Street

noun [usually as modifier] Australian informal, derogatory

Used allusively to refer to a rich person from the city who dabbles in rural life for fun or profit: being a Queen Street farmer complete with a hobby orchard was not for me...

My colleague Doug is very well-known as a farmer, unlike others on that committee who are "Queen Street farmers".
Sometimes I felt like a Queen Street cowboy, one of those blokes who comes out to the country from the city and gets all done up in cowboy gear when he hasn't even seen a horse, let alone ridden one.
I dismissed the idea consoling myself with the thought that all farmers must start in a modest way, except possibly the Queen Street blokes.

Origin

Late 19th century: from the name of a major street in the business district of Brisbane.

单词	Queen Street
释义	Queen Street noun [usually as modifier] Australian informal, derogatory Used allusively to refer to a rich person from the city who dabbles in rural life for fun or profit: being a Queen Street farmer complete with a hobby orchard was not for me... My colleague Doug is very well-known as a farmer, unlike others on that committee who are "Queen Street farmers". Sometimes I felt like a Queen Street cowboy, one of those blokes who comes out to the country from the city and gets all done up in cowboy gear when he hasn't even seen a horse, let alone ridden one. I dismissed the idea consoling myself with the thought that all farmers must start in a modest way, except possibly the Queen Street blokes. Origin Late 19th century: from the name of a major street in the business district of Brisbane.
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