| 单词 | ruffian |
| 释义 | ruffian (once / 849 pages) n A ruffian is a bully, someone who is violent toward others. Maybe they had a bad childhood, or perhaps they like the sound of people in pain. No matter where they come from, ruffians are best avoided. Soccer fans have a reputation for being ruffians. Sure, some are sensitive poetry-reading types, but the ones that get the most attention scream obscenities, break things, and fight each other. Ruffian comes from a Germanic word that literally translates as “scabbiness,” and perhaps ruffians are covered in scabs from all the fights they start. Sometimes a ruffian is a person involved in crime, however, the word is always used to describe someone who’s a cruel, violent jerk. WORD FAMILYruffian: ruffianism, ruffianly, ruffians+/ruffianism: ruffianisms USAGE EXAMPLESSo, one wonders, what is this gentlemanly actor doing playing Billy Bigelow, Rodgers and Hammerstein’s classic musical ruffian? Washington Post(Nov 10, 2016) “All the flirts and ruffians in the whole world must have been born on this lane,” Shashi grumbles, but she is laughing. New York Times(Sep 24, 2016) A sturdy professional, Constance can pound the pavement and tackle fleeing ruffians, as well as — if not better than — any man. Washington Post(Sep 18, 2016) n a cruel and brutal fellow Syn|Hypo|Hyper bully, hooligan, roughneck, rowdy, tough, yob, yobbo, yobo bullyboy a swaggering tough; usually one acting as an agent of a political faction muscle, musclemana bully employed as a thug or bodyguard skinheada young person who belongs to a British or American group that shave their heads and gather at rock concerts or engage in white supremacist demonstrations plug-ugly, tough guysomeone who bullies weaker people Ted, Teddy boya tough youth of 1950's and 1960's wearing Edwardian style clothes aggressor, assailant, assaulter, attacker someone who attacks |
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