ruffian

英 [ˈrʌfiən]

美 [ˈrʌfiən]

n.  暴徒; 恶棍

复数：ruffians　

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BNC.22925 / COCA.26175

牛津词典

noun

• 暴徒；恶棍
  a violent man, especially one who commits crimes

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 流氓;恶棍;暴徒;罪犯
  Aruffianis a man who behaves violently and is involved in crime.
  1. ...gangs of ruffians who lurk about intent on troublemaking.
     潜伏在周围意图制造麻烦的匪帮

英英释义

noun

• a cruel and brutal fellow
  Synonym:bullytoughhooliganroughneckrowdyyobyoboyobbo

双语例句

• How could Melly have been so so well, there was no word for melanie's action in taking in this old ruffian and not telling her friends he was a jailbird.
  媚兰怎么会这么&这么。她不该收留这个老无赖，还不告诉朋友们他是个杀人犯。
• He was about to call out when that ruffian dashed at him and gripped his throat.
  他正要叫喊，那歹徒猛扑过来，卡住他的脖子。
• He struggled with the ruffian.
  他同歹徒进行了搏斗。
• The ruffian kicked and trampled on him, and dashed his head repeatedly against the flags, holding me with one hand, meantime, to prevent me summoning Joseph.
  那个恶棍踢他，踩他，不断地把他的头往石板地上撞，同时一只手还抓住我，防止我去叫约瑟夫来。
• Wang's verbal features lie In his creation of language system in which elegant, common, ruffian languages are Integrated.
  在语言上，王朔最有创意的就是庞大的雅、俗、痞相结合的语言系统。
• Kneeling beside their relatives, they would cry out: "You are not a ruffian; you did nothing; why were you killed?"
  她们跪在被害亲人的身边号哭着：“你不是坏人，又没有干坏事，为什么要杀害你呀？”
• If that little ruffian belonged to me, I should give him a touch of the rope's end.
  那小流氓要是我的孩子，我就要用鞭子揍他一顿。
• It has the function of dispelling qi and eliminating the accumulation, reducing phlegm and dispersing the ruffian.
  枳实为常用中药，具有破气消积，化痰散痞的功效。
• We discover: The Phonetic ruffian of novel of Wang Shuo is a performance that the author emphasizing "truth" and pursuing "truth" in fact.
  我们发现：王朔小说语言的痞味儿其实正是作者崇尚真，追求真的表现。
• And when the ruffian had told him, with another oath, that this was so.
  那恶棍又骂了一声，说是的。