| 单词 | hillbilly |
| 释义 | hillbilly (once / 15718 pages) n A hillbilly is a particularly unworldly country person. If you grew up in a remote rural area, visiting a big city for the first time can make you feel a bit like a hillbilly. It's not nice to call someone a hillbilly — it's an insult, implying stupidity or at least a profound lack of sophistication. You might picture a hillbilly wearing overalls and chewing tobacco, uneducated and inexperienced. Today the word includes anyone who seems to fit this stereotype, but originally it meant specifically "southern Appalachian U.S. resident," from the hilly terrain in that area and the first name Billy. WORD FAMILYhillbilly: hillbillies USAGE EXAMPLESVance’s book, “Hillbilly Elegy,” is about his life in the Rust Belt city of Middletown and also in rural Kentucky. Seattle Times(Dec 24, 2016) Vance, “The Hillbilly Elegy”: Liberals befuddled by Trump’s victory turned to Vance’s memoir about his relatives in rural Kentucky and Ohio’s rust belt. Seattle Times(Dec 16, 2016) They are the epicenter of the so-called “hillbilly heroin” epidemic. The Guardian(Dec 14, 2016) n a disparaging term for an unsophisticated person Syn|Hyper bushwhacker rustic an unsophisticated country person |
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