ruffian

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A scoundrel, rascal, or unprincipled, deceitful, brutal and unreliable person.
    — What wilt thou on thy death-bed play the Ruffian?
  2. A pimp; a pander. obsolete
  3. A lover; a paramour. obsolete
    — He [her husband] is no sooner abroad than she is instantly at home, revelling with her ruffians.
动词 v.
  1. To play the ruffian; to rage; to raise tumult. transitive
    — Methinks the wind does speak aloud at land; A fuller blast ne'er shook our battlements. If it hath ruffianed so upon the sea.
形容词 adj.
  1. Brutal, cruel, ruffianlike.
    — ruffian rage

词形变化

ruffians plural ruffians present,singular,third-person ruffianing participle,present ruffianed participle,past ruffianed past more ruffian comparative most ruffian superlative

词汇关系

衍生词
ruffianage ruffiandom ruffianhood ruffianish ruffianism ruffianize ruffianlike ruffianly ruffianous

词源

词源 1
From Middle French rufian, from Italian ruffiano (“pimp”).
词源 2
From Middle French rufian, from Italian ruffiano (“pimp”).
词源 3
From Middle French rufian, from Italian ruffiano (“pimp”).
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