| 释义 |
Adjective: provincial pru'vinshul- Of or associated with a province
"provincial government" - Characteristic of the provinces or their people
"deeply provincial and conformist"; "in that well-educated company I felt uncomfortably provincial"; "narrow provincial attitudes"
Noun: provincial pru'vinshul- (Roman Catholic Church) an official in charge of an ecclesiastical province acting under the superior general of a religious order
"the general of the Jesuits receives monthly reports from the provincials" - A country person
- peasant, bucolic
Derived forms: provincials See also: bumpkinly, corn-fed, desi [Asia], hick [N. Amer], insular, jerkwater [US], one-horse, parochial, pokey, poky, province, provincially, rustic, stay-at-home, unsophisticated Type of: functionary, official, rustic Antonym: cosmopolitan Encyclopedia: Provincial |