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单词
ruffian
释义
ruffian
ruf‧fi‧an
/
ˈrʌfiən
/
noun
[countable]
Word Origin
WORD ORIGIN
ruffian
Origin:
1400-1500
Old French
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
A gang of local
ruffians
was passing by and, when they saw what was happening, became infuriated against Richard Baxter.
Everyone who has one insists he has a weapon only to defend his family from outside
ruffians
.
Having savored victory, the
ruffians
moved on to attack the homes of well-known abolitionists in the neighborhood.
He ran away from the fearsome
ruffian
.
It's run by that old
ruffian
, Chatterton.
Men who made passes at her were not rude
ruffians
but agents of evil river spirits.
The three
ruffians
pummelled me, banging my head against the wooden slats.
old-fashioned
a violent man, involved in crime
:
a gang of ruffians
—
ruffianly
adjective
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