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单词 rascal
释义
rascalras‧cal /ˈrɑːskəl $ ˈræs-/ noun [countable] Word Origin
WORD ORIGINrascal
Origin:
1300-1400 Old French rascaille ‘noisy crowd’
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • Although I loved him dearly, he was a bit of a rascal and liked the drink far too much.
  • He is not a character I like at all because I think he was just an old rascal.
  • Like his father the rascal, the son has never stopped believing, and he, too, leans into life.
  • Marian Haughton bought a watercolor of her grandchildren, rascals around a table.
  • The rascal dropped his bold eyes and slunk away.
  • Yet, in spite of everything, David Miller grew up to idolise the old rascal.
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
· Yet, in spite of everything, David Miller grew up to idolise the old rascal.· He is not a character I like at all because I think he was just an old rascal.
Phrases
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
  • A true old devil, Manson vanishes in a puff of smoke.
  • He is not a character I like at all because I think he was just an old rascal.
  • I really miss the old devil.
  • Impotent old devils and dried-up hags always deride the efforts of the young.
  • Not that he's the worst of them, poor old devil.
  • There was one old devil with red eyes.
  • Yet, in spite of everything, David Miller grew up to idolise the old rascal.
1a child who behaves badly but whom you still like2old-fashioned a dishonest man SYN  scoundrel
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