| 单词 | country bumpkin |
| 释义 | > as lemmascountry bumpkin country bumpkin n. (a) depreciative a person from the countryside, esp. characterized as unsophisticated, unfashionable, or socially awkward; (b) chiefly Scottish a type of country dance; = bumpkin n.1 2 (also called country bumpkin brawly) (now historical). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > dancing > types of dance or dancing > country-dance or dancing > [noun] > specific country-dances haya1529 trenchmore1552 hay-de-guy1579 country bumpkin1649 sedany1651 Sir Roger de Coverley1685 Frenchmore1696 mermaid1701 Moll Peatley1711 hemp-dressers1756 cottager's dance1851 pop goes the weasel1853 tempête1873 barn dance1892 line dance1961 1649 Mercurius Carolinus No. 1. sig. A2v The Country Bumpkins in other places begin to grow wise, they are resolved to give no more Free-quarter or monthly Taxes. 1769 Royal Mag. Jan. 4/1 At last they all joined hands and danced round him in the manner of Country Bumpkin. 1774 E. Stanhope tr. Ld. Chesterfield in Ld. Chesterfield Lett. to Son I. 95 A country bumpkin is ashamed when he comes into good company. 1820 W. Irving Sketch Bk. II. 357 The more bashful country bumpkins hung sheepishly back. 1824 J. Mactaggart Sc. Gallovidian Encycl. 101 Wha learn'd you to dance—A country bumpkin brawly? 1931 Eng. Folk Dance Soc. 4 30 This dance that..formed the conclusion..of Scottish balls was known as ‘Bumpkin Brawly’ or ‘The Old Country Bumpkin’—evidently being already regarded as an old-fashioned or rustic romp. 1940 V. Bell Let. in Sel. Lett. (1993) 470 This long catalogue of people and doings doesn't give you much news of interest, I fear, but you see we are complete country bumpkins. 2012 Guardian (Nexis) 6 July 38 The shrewd country bumpkin is a staple of American myth. < as lemmas |
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