| 单词 | rogues' gallery |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrogues' gallery rogues' gallery n. (also rogue's gallery) a collection of photographs of known criminals, used to identify suspects; (in extended use) any collection of people or things notable for a certain shared quality or characteristic, esp. a disreputable one. ΘΚΠ society > communication > record > pictorial, etc., records > [noun] > pictorial record > specific rogues' gallery1857 tectiform1921 society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > display of pictures > [noun] > gallery gallerya1616 cabinet1675 picture gallery1721 portrait gallery1780 picture house1838 art gallery1841 art museum1845 rogues' gallery1857 art house1882 1857 N.Y. Times 5 Dec. 1/4 There must be positive proof that the man or woman, girl or boy, whose likeness is added to the Rogue's Gallery of the Detective Police, is an incorrigible offender. 1896 Liverpool Mercury 19 Feb. The famous..‘Moll Cutpurse’, Barbara Villiers, and Mrs Brownrigg will feature in this new feminine rogues' gallery. 1923 Pop. Mech. Sept. 344/2 (heading) Rogue's gallery of pests is kept for farmers. 1955 Publ. Amer. Dial. Soc. No. 24. 41 His [sc. a pickpocket's] face appears more frequently than any other type of criminal in ‘rogue's galleries’ and police files. 1977 C. McKnight & J. Tobler Bob Marley 10 Bob Dylan, Arthur Lee, Keith Richard, Bob Marley—the rogue's gallery of rebel input that forms the hard stuff at the centre of rock. 2002 Voice 4 Nov. 4 (heading) Cops issue rogues gallery as they pledge zero-tolerance on drugs. < as lemmas |
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