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

• 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。
• "I'm not a ruffian, babe! I'm a social worker."
  “我不是一个流子，宝贝！我是一个社会的工人。”
• 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？”
• 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。
• The greatest ruffian, the most hardened violator of the laws of society, is not altogether without it.
  最大的恶棍，极其严重地违犯社会法律的人，也不会全然丧失同情心。
• A young ruffian; a hoodlum.
  小流氓；无赖。
• She received a blow on the head from a dock ruffian and cannot remember her last name.
  她在甲板上被一个流氓打中了后脑，从而无法记起自己的姓氏了。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。