英语词汇“thug”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

WORD ORIGINthug

Origin:

1800-1900 Hindi thag ‘thief’, from Sanskrit sthaga ‘bad man’

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES

A gang of thugs was waiting for him round the back. He didn't have a chance.
A policeman is fighting for his life after young thugs threw a brick through his patrol car windscreen.

EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS

It's the one-off thug who normally panics and lashes out.
Seeking vengeance, he employs two Dickensian thugs, with startling and bleakly hilarious results.
The thugs pounced as Tony McLoughlin prepared to open up the school shortly after 7am.

Longman Language Activatora violent person► thug

a man, especially a criminal, who has rough manners and uses violent methods: · A policeman is fighting for his life after young thugs threw a brick through his patrol car windscreen.· A gang of thugs was waiting for him round the back. He didn't have a chance.

► brute

if you call a man a brute , you mean he is cruel and violent and does not care if he hurts people: · She spun round and screamed, "Leave him alone, you brute!''a brute of a man: · Milly had a husband -- a great brute of a man who knocked her about.

► hooligan

also hoodlum American a violent young man, often a member of a group, who enjoys causing damage and hurting people, especially in public places: · According to the report, the riots had been started by a group of young hoodlums.· Football hooligans caused over £30,000 of damage in bars and restaurants near the stadium.· His father was attacked by a gang of hooligans in a back street.

► psychopath

a mentally ill person who behaves violently and kills people, and is unable to feel sorry: · Police described the killer as a psychopath.· The main character in the movie is Dr Hannibal Lector, who displays all the characteristics of a psychopath.

COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE► young

· Police call for crackdown on young thugs.· First he began to shy away from the crowd of young street thug arsonist gunslingers.· A brain-damaged policeman fights for his life after young thugs threw a half-brick through his patrol car windscreen.

单词	thug
释义	thugthug /θʌɡ/ ●○○ noun [countable] Word Origin WORD ORIGINthug Origin: 1800-1900 Hindi thag ‘thief’, from Sanskrit sthaga ‘bad man’ Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES A gang of thugs was waiting for him round the back. He didn't have a chance. A policeman is fighting for his life after young thugs threw a brick through his patrol car windscreen. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS It's the one-off thug who normally panics and lashes out. Seeking vengeance, he employs two Dickensian thugs, with startling and bleakly hilarious results. The thugs pounced as Tony McLoughlin prepared to open up the school shortly after 7am. Thesaurus Longman Language Activatora violent person► thug a man, especially a criminal, who has rough manners and uses violent methods: · A policeman is fighting for his life after young thugs threw a brick through his patrol car windscreen.· A gang of thugs was waiting for him round the back. He didn't have a chance. ► brute if you call a man a brute , you mean he is cruel and violent and does not care if he hurts people: · She spun round and screamed, "Leave him alone, you brute!''a brute of a man: · Milly had a husband -- a great brute of a man who knocked her about. ► hooligan also hoodlum American a violent young man, often a member of a group, who enjoys causing damage and hurting people, especially in public places: · According to the report, the riots had been started by a group of young hoodlums.· Football hooligans caused over £30,000 of damage in bars and restaurants near the stadium.· His father was attacked by a gang of hooligans in a back street. ► psychopath a mentally ill person who behaves violently and kills people, and is unable to feel sorry: · Police described the killer as a psychopath.· The main character in the movie is Dr Hannibal Lector, who displays all the characteristics of a psychopath. Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE► young · Police call for crackdown on young thugs.· First he began to shy away from the crowd of young street thug arsonist gunslingers.· A brain-damaged policeman fights for his life after young thugs threw a half-brick through his patrol car windscreen. a violent man: He was beaten up by a gang of young thugs.
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