city slicker

音标发音

• 英式音标 [ˌsɪt.i ˈslɪk.ər]
• 美式音标 [ˌsɪt̬.i ˈslɪk.ɚ]
• 英式发音
• 美式发音

基本解释

• n. （时髦世故的）城市人，城市滑头

同根派生

英汉例句

双语例句

• After getting an incomprehensible set of directions, the city slicker says to the farmer, "You're not very smart, are you?"
  由于认不清方向，城里人对农夫说，“你不是很聪明，是吗？”
• EXAMPLE: Dressed in my fancy new clothing I feel uncomfortable when I visit my relatives in the village where I was born because I feel like a city slicker.
  穿着漂亮的新衣裳去拜访我出生地所在的农村的亲戚，让我感觉不适，因为我觉得自己像一个讲穿戴、油嘴滑舌的城里人。
• Her city slicker boyfriend looked pretty clumsy out here on the farm.
  她那个衣着讲究世故老练的城市男友到了农庄这里看起来挺笨拙的。

权威例句

• Note he did not stride into a conference of unionists and act like a London City slicker by treating them with contempt.
  FORBES: Money, Economy, Statistics
• For the moment, ranchers and city-slicker computer wizards both find themselves under the Republican label, united by a common disdain for taxes and regulation.
  ECONOMIST: A new Republican heartland

词组短语

短语

• city slicker detail 时髦人
• Download Audio hick city slicker 世界各地存在一个普遍现象

英英字典

剑桥英英字典

• a person who lives in a city, and has no experience of or knowledge about living in the countryside

柯林斯英英字典

• If you refer to someone as a city slicker, you mean that they live and work in a city and are stylish and sophisticated.