| 单词 | country cousin |
| 释义 | country cousinSEE SYNONYMS FOR country cousin ON THESAURUS.COM nouna person from the country or from a small town, to whom the sights and activities of a large city are novel and bewildering. Origin of country cousinFirst recorded in 1760–70 Words nearby country cousincountry and western music, country blues, country-bred, country club, country code, country cousin, country-dance, country fever, countryfied, countryfolk, country-fried Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for country cousin
British Dictionary definitions for country cousincountry cousin nounan unsophisticated person from the country, esp one regarded as an object of amusement Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Idioms and Phrases with country cousincountry cousin One whose lack of sophistication or rural ways may amuse or embarrass city dwellers. For example, The sightseeing guide geared his tour toward country cousins who had never been to a large city before. This term, which literally means “a cousin who lives in the country,” has been used in this figurative way since the second half of the 1700s, although the idea is much older (such persons were stock figures of fun in Restoration comedies of the late 1600s and early 1700s). The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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