A yokel is a country person pictured as slow, simple and out of touch with modern city life — someone who stares at tall buildings and does not know how anything works.

A yokel is a country personYokel指的是鄉下人 pictured as slow, simple and out of touch with modern city life被描繪成反應慢、單純、跟不上現代城市生活 — someone who stares at tall buildings那種會盯著高樓大廈看的人 and does not know how anything works什麼都搞不清楚是怎麼運作的。

The important thing is that this is a picture, not a fact: the word says more about the speaker looking down on the countryside than about the person being described.

The important thing is that this is a picture, not a fact重點是這只是一種刻板印象，不是事實: the word says more about the speaker looking down on the countryside這個字其實更多是在說說話的人看不起鄉下 than about the person being described而不是在說被描述的那個人。

It is an insult, though usually a light and old-fashioned one, and it often appears in jokes, in comedy, and in phrases like "a bunch of yokels" or "some yokel from out of town". People also use it about themselves, jokingly, to say they felt lost in a big place: "I stood there like a yokel with my mouth open." It sounds a bit dated now, more common in books and films than in real conversation, and it is more British than American — Americans have their own words, such as hick or country bumpkin.

It is an insult這是一種帶有貶意的字, though usually a light and old-fashioned one不過通常是輕微、有點過時的那種, and it often appears in jokes, in comedy常常出現在笑話和喜劇裡, and in phrases like 'a bunch of yokels' or 'some yokel from out of town'或是a bunch of yokels、some yokel from out of town這類說法裡。People also use it about themselves, jokingly人們也會開玩笑地用來說自己, to say they felt lost in a big place表示自己在大地方感到手足無措: 'I stood there like a yokel with my mouth open.'我站在那裡像個鄉巴佬一樣張大嘴巴 It sounds a bit dated now現在聽起來有點過時, more common in books and films than in real conversation比較常出現在書本和電影裡，而不是真實對話裡, and it is more British than American而且比較英式，不太美式 — Americans have their own words, such as hick or country bumpkin美國人有自己的說法，像hick或country bumpkin。