Churl
[tʃɜːl] or [tʃɝl]
解释:
(n.) A rustic; a countryman or laborer.
(n.) A rough, surly, ill-bred man; a boor.
(n.) A selfish miser; an illiberal person; a niggard.
(a.) Churlish; rough; selfish.
编辑:奥尔加
同义词及近义词:
n. [1]. Rustic, peasant, proletary, countryman, clodhopper, bumpkin, ploughman, clown.[2]. Ill-bred man, surly fellow.[3]. Niggard, miser, skinflint, scrimp, curmudgeon, hunks, mean fellow.
手打:列侬
解释:
n. a rustic labourer: an ill-bred surly fellow.—adj. Churl′ish rude: surly: ill-bred.—adv. Churl′ishly.—n. Churl′ishness.
校对:凯尔西
例句:
- What money hast thou, churl? 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- Tell me thy name, or work thy pleasure on me--it shall never be said that Maurice de Bracy was prisoner to a nameless churl. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- If thou meanest yonder Saxon churls, said Front-de-Boeuf, their ransom will depend upon other terms than thine. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- I say, name Rebecca, were it only to mortify the Saxon churls. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- Saxon churls, lolling at their lazy length! 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- By the bones of St Thomas, said Prince John, as they retreated, the Saxon churls have borne off the best of the day, and have retreated with triumph! 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
编辑:奥尔加