单词 | hell-raiser |
释义 | > as lemmashell-raiser hell-raiser n. colloquial a person who causes trouble or creates chaos, esp. by wild or outrageous behaviour (cf. to raise hell at Phrases 5g). ΚΠ 1882 Atchison (Kansas) Globe 23 Mar. A well known Kansas politician and bull and hell raiser. 1914 Emporia (Kansas) Gaz. 13 Jan. He is a..rip-snorting hell-raiser. 1971 Guardian 24 July 10/6 The ex-hell raiser of the Bevanite group [sc. Michael Foot]..seemed to have settled comfortably into the new role of Left-wing Whip. 2002 Jrnl. Wildlife Managem. 66 547/2 A wildlife biologist by vocation, and a hell-raiser by nature. < as lemmas |
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