单词	lout
释义	loutlout /laʊt/ noun [countable] Word Origin WORD ORIGINlout Origin: 1500-1600 Perhaps from Old Norse lutr ‘bent down’ Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES A few foul-mouthed louts in the crowd were shouting racist abuse. Only a lout would treat a woman that way. We stood at the bar being jostled by some thick-necked lager louts. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS And I am not talking about the drunken louts who beat their wives to death in a cellar. In Ursula's humble opinion, the ice might start to thaw if you stop being a brutish, insensitive lout. Sons of louts grappled with the coffin in vain; they could neither cram it in nor twist it out. The resulting fictionalised account is a faithful portrait of a musical genius, drunken lout, spiritual healer, liar and clown. The young louts roam the neighbourhood. What a clumsy lout he was! What about lager louts and football hooligans? Thesaurus Longman Language Activatorsomeone who behaves rudely► yob British a young man who is rude, noisy, and sometimes violent: · A dozen yobs stood outside the pub.· Residents complained that yobs had been vandalizing their gardens.yob culture (=TV programmes, films, and other forms of entertainment that involve rudeness and unintelligent behaviour): · Our TV screens have been taken over by so-called yob culture. ► jerk especially American an annoying person who behaves in a stupid way, for example by behaving in a rude and unpleasant way: · Ignore him. He's just a jerk.· He's an unprofessional jerk who's always pestering the women in the office.real/total jerk: · Her husband was being a real jerk about the divorce. ► lout a man or boy who behaves in a rude and violent way: · A few foul-mouthed louts in the crowd were shouting racist abuse.· Only a lout would treat a woman that way.lager louts British (=young men who drink too much beer and behave in rude or violent way): · We stood at the bar being jostled by some thick-necked lager louts. rude/not polite► rude someone who is rude upsets or offends people by not following the rules of good social behaviour and not considering other people's feelings: · What a rude man! He just ignored me when I said "Good morning".· I don't mean to be rude, but could you tell your children to keep quiet?· He's one of the rudest people I've ever met.rude to: · I know you're upset, but there's no need to be rude to your mother.rude about: · Are you being rude about my cooking?it is rude to do something: · It's rude to interrupt people when they are speaking.it is rude of somebody to do something: · I thought it was very rude of her not to answer my letter. ► impolite/not polite not following the rules of accepted social behaviour, especially when someone does this without realizing it - use this especially about the things that people do or say, rather than about people themselves: · In Senegal it is considered impolite if you do not share your food.· You weren't very polite to her.it is impolite/not polite to do something: · I was tired, but I thought it might not be polite to leave so early.· It is impolite and inconsiderate for people to drop in uninvited. ► tactless someone who is tactless upsets or embarrasses someone else, without intending to, by mentioning something that it would be better not to talk about: · I wanted to know about her divorce, but I thought it would be tactless to ask.· She was often tactless and insensitive.· tactless remarks ► abrasive seeming rude or unkind because you say what you think very directly, so that people are annoyed or offended: · Harris was abrasive and arrogant.· Anson's abrasive personality has landed her in trouble many times in the past. ► bad manners someone who has bad manners does not behave politely in social situations, for example by not saying "please" and "thank you": · Marilyn apologized for her husband's bad manners.it is bad manners to do something: · It is bad manners to talk with your mouth full. ► bad-mannered/ill-mannered behaving in a rude and unpleasant way, especially because of never having been taught how to be polite: · Her children are incredibly bad-mannered -- she should be more strict with them.· Ill-mannered movie-goers talked and took cell phone calls during the picture. · As soon as some English people go abroad, they seem to change into bad-mannered, insensitive oafs. ► discourteous formal not behaving in a polite way - use this especially about people's remarks or behaviour: · It would have seemed discourteous to refuse his offer.discourteous to: · He claimed that the officer had been discourteous to him. ► be unpleasant to deliberately behave in a rude and unfriendly way towards someone: · He can be very unpleasant when he's in a bad mood.· It isn't necessary to be that unpleasant, Mike.be unpleasant to: · She was shocked at how unpleasant the children were to their mother. ► loutish rude, loud, and unpleasant - use this especially about people's behaviour: · The behaviour of some politicians in debates is simply loutish and intimidating.· They considered my boyfriend to be loutish and a bit stupid.· loutish behaviour Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► lager · Police said he acted like a lager lout and hit an officer.· This involves a change of character for Mason, who has decided to become, in his words, a lager lout.· What about lager louts and football hooligans?· Douglas Hurd's active citizen and John Patten's lager louts are both given an airing.· The girls are beautiful, the band is beautiful, lager louts miss out. a rude violent man SYN  yob—loutish adjective:  loutish behaviour—loutishly adverb—loutishness noun [uncountable] → lager lout
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