redneck

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A poor, rural, usually white, person from the Southern United States or parts of the Midwest and Northeast, especially one whose beliefs are seen as unsophisticated and backward; sometimes with additional connotations of being bigoted. US,derogatory,ethnic,offensive,slang
  2. yokel, hick, country bumpkin broadly,derogatory
    — Sample a look back you look and find / Nothing but rednecks for 400 years if you check
  3. Any of the miners who wore red bandanas for identification during the West Virginia mine war of 1921. US,historical,slang
  4. A member of a certain Baltimore street gang, active in 1859. US,historical,slang
  5. A Roman Catholic. UK,archaic,slur

词形变化

rednecks plural

词源

Bahuvrīhi compound of red + neck. Compare rooinek. The term originally characterized farmers that had a red neck, caused by sunburn from long hours working in the fields.
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