| 单词 | the sticks |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthe sticks P20. slang (originally U.S.). the sticks: a remote, thinly populated, or rural area; the backwoods; the country. Chiefly in prepositional phrases, esp. from the sticks, (out) in the sticks.Sometimes with connotations of provincialism or lack of sophistication. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > a land or country > part of country or district > [noun] > remote or outlying area nookc1480 out-country1639 outland1645 remoteness1694 backwoods1709 back county1775 remote1838 Mountains of the Moon1852 nowhere1871 the sticks1899 way back1901 downstate1905 back o' Bourke1918 far-back1926 woop woop1926 boohai?1946 bundu1946 Dogpatch1946 outback1954 toolies1961 upstate1965 Watford1973 1899 Williamson County Sun (Georgetown, Texas) 17 Aug. Miss Zula Hall, after a vacation of several weeks rusticating in the ‘sticks’, has resumed her position. 1914 R. Lardner in Sat. Evening Post 7 Mar. 8/1 I will have to slip you back to the sticks [i.e. the minor baseball leagues]. 1937 F. Loesser Meany, Miny, Moe in R. Kimball & S. Nelson Compl. Lyrics F. Loesser (2003) 21/1 Just three monkeys from the sticks, Nothing more than jungle hicks. 1941 W. C. Handy Father of Blues ix. 126 I continued..playing for dances, touring on the road and through the sticks and giving concerts. 1958 C. Koch Boys in Island 101 What can y' expect, way out here in the sticks? You would pick on a dame from back of beyond. 1977 Daily Express 29 Jan. 39/2 Most people regard us as a bunch of farmers from out in the sticks. 1990 P. Wilson Skvorecky's Miracle Game iii. v. 70 You think I'm stupid because I'm from the sticks? 2008 Independent 23 July (Property section) 5 Even in the sticks, noisy neighbours can spoil the serenity of your pastoral paradise. < as lemmas |
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