city slicker

Word family nouncitificationcity deskcity editorcity fatherscity hallcity planningcityscapecity slickercity-statecityadjectivecitifiedverbcitify

ˌcity ˈslicker noun [countableC]

EXPERIENCEDsomeone who lives and works in a city and has no experience of anything outside it – often used to show disapproval 〔对城市以外的情况毫无体验的〕城里人，城市居民〔常含贬义〕

Examples from the Corpus

city slicker• Once you get accustomed to life on the range, it's hard to go back to being a city slicker.

Origin city slicker

(1900-2000) slicker from slick “to deceive cleverly” ((19-20 centuries)), from SLICK1

单词	city slicker
释义	city slicker Word family nouncitificationcity deskcity editorcity fatherscity hallcity planningcityscapecity slickercity-statecityadjectivecitifiedverbcitify ˌcity ˈslicker noun [countableC] EXPERIENCEDsomeone who lives and works in a city and has no experience of anything outside it – often used to show disapproval 〔对城市以外的情况毫无体验的〕城里人，城市居民〔常含贬义〕 Examples from the Corpus city slicker• Once you get accustomed to life on the range, it's hard to go back to being a city slicker. Origin city slicker (1900-2000) slicker from slick “to deceive cleverly” ((19-20 centuries)), from SLICK1
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