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单词 rascal
释义 ras·cal
I. \ˈraskəl, ˈraas-, chiefly Brit ˈrȧs-\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English rascaile, rascaille, probably from Old North French rasque mud, ordure
1.
 a. obsolete : the lowest class of an army or populace : rabble
 b. archaic : a member of the rabble
  < he was rich and I was still a rascal — Robert Frost >
2. obsolete
 a. : the inferior and ill-conditioned animals in a herd of deer
 b. : a deer of this kind
3.
 a. : a mean, unprincipled, or dishonest person : rogue
  < believed that dishonesty in public office … was more dangerous than incompetence, and he rode past the blatherskites to get at the rascals — James Thurber >
 b. : a person often of a pleasingly mischievous nature
  < nostalgic sketches of many lovable rascalsLinguaphone Magazine >
  < the Yankee … was already established as a comic rascal — Bergen Evans >
Synonyms: see villain
II. adjective
Etymology: Middle English rascayl, from rascaile, rascaille, n.
: of, forming, or befitting the rabble : low, mean, base
 < rascal fiddler — Shakespeare >
 < the rascal many — Edmund Spenser >
 < a battered rascal guard — Vachel Lindsay >
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