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  • Derivatives : n  rusticity ; adv  rustically
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Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

rustic ['rʌstɪk] ['rʌstɪk]
  1. 1. adjective 乡村的;在乡村生活
  2. 2. adjective 粗俗的,不够精致的;具体简朴的;质朴
  3. 3. adjective 粗俗的,不够精致的;具体指乡土气的;粗野
  4. 4. adjective 桌、椅等)用带皮树干做成的
  5. 5. adjective [Stonework] 粗面
  6. 6. noun 庄稼汉乡巴佬粗人

Collins English-English Dictionary

rustic ['r^stɪk]
  1. 1. n rusticwork brick or stone having a rough finish
  2. 2. adj of, characteristic of, or living in the country; rural
  3. 3. adj having qualities ascribed to country life or people; simple; unsophisticated
    rustic pleasures
  4. 4. adj crude, awkward, or uncouth
  5. 5. adj made of untrimmed branches
    a rustic seat
  6. 6. adj denoting or characteristic of a style of furniture popular in England in the 18th and 19th centuries, in which the legs and feet of chairs, tables, etc, were made to resemble roots, trunks, and branches of trees
  7. 7. adj (of masonry) having a rusticated finish
  8. 8. n a person who comes from or lives in the country
  9. 9. n an unsophisticated, simple, or clownish person from the country
  10. 10. n [Etymology] C16: from Old French rustique, from Latin rusticus, from rus the country

Examples

a rustic seat
他穿着那件大褂显着土得很。
He looks very rustic in his gown.
乡村风格
rustic style
她的穿着有点乡气。
She looks rather rustic in the way she dresses.
土里土气
rustic; uncouth; countrified
他就是个老赶,无论穿多时髦的衣服,也是土里土气的。
He is a real rustic. However fashionable his clothes, he always looks cloddish.
他一个山野村夫怎么会懂得文学呢?
How can the rustic understand literature?
时样的衣服穿上就是好看,不像我这衣服这么土气。
It really looks good to wear fashionable clothes, which are vastly different from my rustic ones.

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