单词 | desperado |
释义 | desperado (once / 3806 pages) n A desperado is an outlaw that you'd see in an old Western or in the Wild West. Think hip holsters, spinning guns, and a shoot-out, all with a bandanna pulled up hiding half of the face of the desperado. You probably know the common word desperate. A hundred years ago, the word wasn’t just an adjective — it was also a noun. A desperate was someone in despair, someone in a desperate situation. And the American frontier was full of such people, people who had gone West to find gold but missed out on the mine. Desperado has the same meaning as the noun desperate, but with a Spanish influence. WORD FAMILYdesperado: desperadoes, desperados USAGE EXAMPLESTexas singer-songwriter who helped mentor a generation of songwriters and wrote hits like “L.A. Freeway” and “Desperados Waiting for a Train.” Seattle Times(Dec 14, 2016) An arch, ominous atmosphere ran through this record, from the gunslinging ballad Desperado to the instructive slow-jam Yeah, I Said It. The Guardian(Dec 08, 2016) "We were the outlaws, the desperadoes, members of a bad-but-fun gang, playing cat and mouse with authority," says a former private school pupil. BBC(Nov 27, 2016) n a bold outlaw (especially on the American frontier) Syn|Hyper desperate criminal criminal, crook, felon, malefactor, outlaw someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime |
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