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An oik is a rude British insult for a person someone thinks is not intelligent or well educated, and who speaks or behaves in a rough way — often a young man. It is class language: the speaker is looking down. It is informal, , and rather old-fashioned. You will hear it in British stories and old comedy more than in careful speech. Nobody is quite sure where it came from (early 20th century); it may copy a , uncultivated sound. You should not use it about real people.
沒教養的粗人(英式罵人,帶階級歧視;不要拿來叫人)
組成Unknown, early 20th century. Possibly onomatopoeic, in imitation of uncultivated speech.
同家族的字
- oikishthe adjective: like an oik
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
oiknoun/ɔɪk/
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slanga member of the lower classes.
- The other three were gifted metal oiks, but Cliff was a musician, schooled in theory, transmitting from a private universe of inspiration and expertise.
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slanga person perceived as obnoxious or unintelligent.
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。