redneck

FREQ #16973

n. 红脖子(指美国南方保守的露天劳动者);乡下人

发音

AU /ˈɹɛdnɛk/

词形变化

rednecks 复数 rednecks

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A poor, rural, usually white, person from the Southern United States or parts of the Midwest and Northeast, especially one whose beliefs are seen as unsophisticated and backward; sometimes with additional connotations of being bigoted.

    美国 贬义 冒犯 俚语
  2. 2.

    yokel, hick, country bumpkin

    贬义 引申义
  3. 3.

    Any of the miners who wore red bandanas for identification during the West Virginia mine war of 1921.

    美国 历史 俚语
  4. 4.

    A member of a certain Baltimore street gang, active in 1859.

    美国 历史 俚语
  5. 5.

    A Roman Catholic.

    土包子

    乡巴佬

    英国 古体

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词源

Bahuvrīhi compound of red + neck. Compare rooinek. The term originally characterized farmers that had a red neck, caused by sunburn from long hours working in the fields.

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