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

• 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》）
• If that ruffian does not mend his ways, he will come to the gallows some day.
  如果那个恶棍不改邪归正的话，他总有一天会上绞刑架的。
• A hired ruffian; a thug.
  一个被雇的恶棍；暴徒。
• 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。
• 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。
• He struggles against the ruffian nihilism and adheres to the basic values of human beings;
  对抗痞子虚无主义，执守人类的基本价值；
• A young ruffian; a hoodlum.
  小流氓；无赖。
• 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。
• Between the two main themes of history and reality, the bandit hero created by Mo Yan and the ruffian hero created by Wang Shuo are the most striking. The special emphasis on the converse and the irony has been the symbol of in-hero phenomenon.
  在历史与现实两大题材中，以莫言的土匪英雄和王朔的痞子英雄最为引人注目，其逆反性、反讽性之突出，成了反英雄现象的标志。
• He's threatening me from there! Hooligan! Ruffian!
  他这是来这里威胁我！流氓！恶棍！