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单词 roué
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
rou•é /ruˈeɪ, ˈrueɪ/USA pronunciation   n. [countable], pl. rou•és. 
  1. a man who lives a life of sensual pleasure.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
rou•é  (ro̅o̅ ā, ro̅o̅ā),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. a dissolute and licentious man;
    rake.
  • French, noun, nominal use of past participle of rouer to break on the wheel (derivative of roue wheel Latin rota); name first applied to the profligate companions of the Duc d'Orléans (c1720)
  • 1790–1800
    profligate, libertine, lecher, cad, bounder, rakehell.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
roué /ˈruːeɪ/ n
  1. a debauched or lecherous man; rake
Etymology: 19th Century: from French, literally: one broken on the wheel, from rouer, from Latin rotāre to revolve, from rota a wheel; with reference to the fate deserved by a debauchee
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