单词 | hooliganism |
释义 | hooliganhoo‧li‧gan /ˈhuːləɡən/ noun [countable] Word Origin WORD ORIGINhooligan ExamplesOrigin: 1800-1900 Perhaps from Patrick Hooligan, an Irish criminal in 19th-century LondonEXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES Thesaurus
Longman Language Activatora violent person► thug Collocations 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 Phrases· These young hooligans are stealing cigarettes and booze to sell it cheaply to feed a habit.· Worn by young hooligans, punks, football thugs.· She only took over the field 6 months ago and fears young hooligans are trying to drive her and her animals away.· Recruited young tearaways and hooligans, street thugs and riff-raff.· Nor were they in control of the young hooligans of the Bogside or the Paisleyite counter-demonstrators.· In short, young hooligans are terrorising and destroying the neighbourhoods in which they live. NOUN► football· Crowd violence did not arrive with the football hooligans.· The exploits of football hooligans would probably be praised if they were part of resistance to an invading army.· Let us look more closely at the football hooligans themselves.· She prowled among the desks and glowered at the action boards as if they were a bunch of football hooligans.· Football fans, she supposed. Football hooligans, they called them over here.· The police have also taken on the football hooligans, the hippies, and the criminal gangs.· It is difficult to point to the material goals which football hooligans or juvenile delinquents are chasing. ► soccer· I think she and Phil were the nearest thing to soccer hooligans that canoeing can produce.· It was worse than soccer hooligans. PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► football hooligan a noisy violent person who causes trouble by fighting etc: football hooligans—hooliganism noun [uncountable]
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