scofflaw

名词 n.
中文释义
美 /ˈskɔfˌlɔ/|/ˈskɒfˌlɔ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. One who habitually violates minor laws or fails to answer trivial court summonses (such as parking tickets). US
    — The scofflaw entered the scoflsloon. He leaned an elbow on the scoffbar and rested a foot on the scoffrail. 'Waddle'y' have?" said the scoffbartender. "A little tea," said the scofflaw.

词形变化

scofflaws plural

词源

From scoff + law. Coined simultaneously by Mr Henry Irving Dale and Miss Kate L. Butler for a contest held in Boston in 1923 in which a word for "a lawless drinker of illegally made or illegally obtained liquor" was sought during the Prohibition era.
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