| 释义 |
‖ scugnizzo, n.|skuˈɲittso|
Pl. scugnizzi.
[It. (Neapolitan) dial.]
In Naples, a street urchin. Usu. in pl.
1957M. West Children of Sun i. 26 Peppino laid a hand on my arm and drew me away. ‘Scugnizzi, Mauro. The urchins of Naples. Let's go!’ I fumbled in my pocket and found a thousand lire note which I thrust into the hand of the weeping crone. 1961‘W. Haggard’ Arena xi. 91 There was more in Naples than scugnizzi. 1978Times Lit. Suppl. 3 Mar. 250/2 British soldiers..chopping off the fingers of scugnizzi who tried to climb into the backs of lorries. 1980T. Holme Neapolitan Streak 121 When we were children, my sister and I were scugnizzi—the gutter kids of Naples. |