"rube" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 土包子
• 鄉巴佬

Definition

“Rube”是俚語，指不懂世故、天真或來自農村的人，常常表示這個人容易受騙。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

“Rube”是美式口語，有時帶侮辱意味，用來形容缺乏都市經驗的人。常見於諷刺、嘲笑鄉下人或天真的人，於舊電影和文學裡很常見。

Examples

Everyone laughed at the rube who tried the city subway for the first time.

大家都嘲笑那個第一次坐城市地鐵的**土包子**。

He acted like a rube at the fancy restaurant.

他在高級餐廳表現得像個**土包子**。

The magician easily fooled the rube with his trick.

魔術師很容易用把戲騙倒了那個**鄉巴佬**。

Don’t be such a rube—it’s just a sales pitch, not a real deal!

別這麼**土包子**，這只是推銷，不是真正的好買賣！

They treated him like a total rube when he asked about city life.

當他問城市生活時，他們把他當成徹頭徹尾的**鄉巴佬**。

At heart, he's still the same old rube from his hometown.

內心裡，他仍然是家鄉那個老**土包子**。