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 folksy ['foksɪ]   添加此单词到默认生词本
a. 和气的, 有民间风味的

  1. Folksy humor; a folksy style that masked a keen business mind.
    低调的幽默;以低调的形式掩盖着一种强烈的商业念头
  2. His folksy manner has endeared him to his neighbors.
    他平易近人的态度使他受到邻居们的喜爱。
  3. They're a pretty folksy couple next door, growing all their own vegetables, keeping hens in the back yard, making pottery, and so on.
    隔壁住著一对随和的夫妇,种植自己所需的全部蔬菜,在后院饲养母鸡,制造陶器等等。


folksy
folksier, folksiest
[ adj ]
  1. characteristic of country life

  2. <adj.all>
    cracker-barrel philosophy
    folksy humor
    the air of homespun country boys
  3. very informal and familiar

  4. <adj.all>
    a folksy radio commentator
    a folksy style


folksy \folksy\ adj.
1. same as {cracker-barrel}.

Syn: cracker-barrel, homespun.
[WordNet 1.5]

2. very informal and familiar; as, a folksy radio
commentator; a folksy style.
[WordNet 1.5]

  1. International labor hero Walesa still retains a host of folksy touches nearly nine years after strikes at the Lenin Shipyard that spawned Solidarity catapulted him to fame and a Nobel Peace prize.
  2. The dialogue and surroundings ring wonderfully true, an admirable exception to the TV-movie rule of glossy stars in nostalgic House Beautiful settings trying to act folksy.
  3. Ms. Beal also oversees a little folksy marketing, with a hand from her tellers and her husband.
  4. Shoshana reels them off: Jihan, "very accomplished, very uninhibited"; Noura, "very folksy feeling"; Samara, "nonchalant elegance."
  5. Jones, 47, is cast as the scrappy, nothing-to-lose challenger with a folksy, accessible style and independent agenda.
  6. "He actually got folksy," said Robert Joedicke, analyst at Shearson Lehman Hutton Inc.
  7. The commercials, with Mr. Bodett's folksy tagline: "We'll leave the light on for you," have also spawned a personality cult of sorts around the writer.
  8. William "Fishbait" Miller, who during his three decades as the folksy doorkeeper of the U.S. House once said "Howdy ma'am" to the future Queen Elizabeth II, has died.
  9. Easy and folksy as ever, the Ohio-born Peale told a string of hilarious, sometimes lesson-pointing tales.
  10. At times, it has a folksy, Agnes de Mille quality, peasants cavorting around the stage.
  11. His burly physical presence and bluff 'folksy' approach - he is from the rural north - have enhanced his popularity.
  12. But for now, Thomas is trying to project grandfatherly sincerity and folksy charm in a series of ads designed to reignite growth at the company he named after one of his daughters 20 years ago this fall.
  13. "Digital is doing very well in spite of what you hear," insists Kenneth H. Olsen, the folksy founder and chief executive officer and never one to worry about what outsiders think.
  14. Rumpled and avuncular, Sen. Lautenberg has a friendly, gap-toothed smile, and a folksy, rambling style.
  15. Buffett, known as much for his folksy wisdom and unpretentious lifestyle as his financial acumen, has combined a patient, value-oriented stock strategy with a knack for finding investment diamonds in the rough.
  16. Frank and Ed are still pitching Bartles & Jaymes coolers, but it is uncertain who is going to be dreaming up new commercials for the folksy pair since the ad agency that created the brand's fictional founding fathers quit.
  17. Clark's columns for the editorial pages of Guy Gannett Publishing Co. newspapers embraced traditional values, often featuring the fictional town of Cedar River and country characters dispensing folksy wisdom.
  18. He has cultivated a folksy image, with his public sing-alongs at Summerfest and other events and the annual Christmas tree lighting.
  19. He's shot the movie loose and ripe, and had music director Brad Fiedel set it to the folksy yet seductive beat of Cajun music and rhythm and blues.
  20. Kim Basinger and Jeff Bridges play these folksy schemers with an edgy mix of twang and sizzle that gives this sweet little picture some tension (otherwise it might just float off the screen).
  21. With a healthy lead in the polls for Tuesday's Republican primary for governor, the folksy humor is oozing out of Clayton Williams like the oil that made his fortune.
  22. Three debilitating cliffhangers were enough for Mr. Hendon; this year's Republican candidate is Charles Taylor, 47 years old, a folksy tree farmer and former minority leader of the North Carolina House and Senate.
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