raff

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A disorderly heap; a jumble; a large quantity; lumber; refuse. countable,uncountable
    — A raff of errors.
  2. A three-cornered sail set on a schooner when before the wind.
  3. The common rabble or mob; riffraff. countable,uncountable
    — Jostling with unemployed labourers of the lowest class, ballast-heavers, coal-whippers, brazen women, ragged children, and the raff and refuse of the river, he makes his way with difficulty along […]
  4. A low fellow; a churl. countable,uncountable
动词 v.
  1. To sweep, snatch, draw, or huddle together; to take by a promiscuous sweep.
    — Causes and effects which I thus raffe up together.

词形变化

raffs plural raffs present,singular,third-person raffing participle,present raffed participle,past raffed past raffs plural raffe alternative raffie alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
raffish raff merchant

词源

From Middle English raf, from Old French raffer, of Germanic origin; compare German raffen, akin to rap (“to snatch”). Compare riffraff, rip (“to tear”).
0 次浏览 数据来源: Wiktionary