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

• In the place where she heard Heathcliff termed a'vulgar young ruffian,'and'worse than a brute,'she took care not to act like him;
  在有人说希斯克利夫是“粗俗的小流氓”，和“不如畜生”的地方，她尽量表现得不像他。
• Swithin did not look round, on no account would he have pulled up to help the ruffian.
  斯威辛并没有回头，要他停下车来做这个恶棍，他决计不来。
• 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。
• 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。
• He also admitted that you had some interest in a mill or mills that necessitated your riding about alone, or attended by a ruffian who, Captain Butler assures us, is a murderer.
  他还承认你对一家或几家厂子都很有兴趣，因此得坐着马车到处跑，而巴特勒船长告诉我们，赶车的那个恶棍还杀过人呢。
• 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。
• The mere thought of the ruffian made her shudder.
  她一想到那个恶棍就不寒而栗。
• As a ruffian, I will be happier if I will be given a wife and endure hardships of a woman.
  “咱这个老光棍，要是再分给一个老婆，叫咱也受受女人的罪才更好呢！”（丁玲《太阳照在桑乾河上》）
• "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。”