yokel

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈjəʊ.kəl/    美 /ˈjoʊ.kəl/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A person from or living in the countryside, viewed as being unsophisticated or naive. derogatory,slang
    — They love the scenery near their summer home, but have no desire to mix with the local yokels.

词形变化

yokels plural

词源

First use appears c. 1812, possibly from dialectal German Jokel, diminutive of Jakob, cf. Yankee (“little John”) and jacquerie (“a peasant uprising”). Alternatively, from dialectal English yokel, yuckle (“a European green woodpecker”), itself probably a variant of hickwall.
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