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

Use the word riffraff when you refer in a snide way to common or lower-class people as a group. A snob might refuse to stay at a party if he thinks it's full of riffraff.

You're only going to use riffraff in a joking way, unless you truly consider yourself part of a small, elite, superior segment of humanity. An obnoxious, arrogant character in a movie might tell her chauffeur, "Jeeves, pull around the corner. I don't want to walk through that crowd of riffraff." Before the fifteenth century, the term was rif and raf, which meant both "everybody," and "sweepings."

WORD FAMILY

riffraff

USAGE EXAMPLES

“It’s just a regular village, quite a nice place, no riffraff walking around,” offered Polly Bonney, a hairdresser.

New York Times(Dec 05, 2016)

Gloria said, and “then you see the drug addicts come out, you see the drug dealers come out, you see the riffraff.”

New York Times(Oct 07, 2016)

Her grandfather reassured her: “There’s no riffraff back here.”

Los Angeles Times(Aug 18, 2016)

n disparaging terms for the common people

Syn|Hypo|Hyper

rabble, ragtag, ragtag and bobtail

scum, trash

worthless people

common people, folk, folks

people in general (often used in the plural)

单词	riffraff
释义	riffraff (once / 31519 pages) n Use the word riffraff when you refer in a snide way to common or lower-class people as a group. A snob might refuse to stay at a party if he thinks it's full of riffraff. You're only going to use riffraff in a joking way, unless you truly consider yourself part of a small, elite, superior segment of humanity. An obnoxious, arrogant character in a movie might tell her chauffeur, "Jeeves, pull around the corner. I don't want to walk through that crowd of riffraff." Before the fifteenth century, the term was rif and raf, which meant both "everybody," and "sweepings." WORD FAMILY riffraff USAGE EXAMPLES “It’s just a regular village, quite a nice place, no riffraff walking around,” offered Polly Bonney, a hairdresser. New York Times(Dec 05, 2016) Gloria said, and “then you see the drug addicts come out, you see the drug dealers come out, you see the riffraff.” New York Times(Oct 07, 2016) Her grandfather reassured her: “There’s no riffraff back here.” Los Angeles Times(Aug 18, 2016) n disparaging terms for the common people Syn\|Hypo\|Hyper rabble, ragtag, ragtag and bobtail scum, trash worthless people common people, folk, folks people in general (often used in the plural)
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