| 单词 | desperado |
| 释义 | desperado From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishCrimedesperadodes‧pe‧ra‧do /ˌdespəˈrɑːdəʊ $ -doʊ/ noun (plural desperadoes or desperados) [countable]SCCBAD PERSON old-fashioned a violent criminal who is not afraid of dangerExamples from the Corpusdesperado• Then he eased himself through like a desperado entering a bar and ambled across the office, cracking quips like walnuts.• He has the sound of a desperado, she thought.• Suddenly, shockingly, the clergyman's son was a desperado.Origin desperado (1600-1700) desperate “desperate person” ((16-19 centuries)), with the Spanish ending -ado |
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