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单词 riffraff
释义 riff·raff
I. \ˈriˌfraf, -raa(ə)f, -raif\ noun
Etymology: Middle English riffe raffe, from rif and raf every single one, from Middle French rif et raf completely, from rifler to plunder + raffe act of sweeping — more at rifle, raffle
1.
 a. : persons of the lowest or most disreputable class
  < beachcombers, adventurers, rough traders, and general riffraff — Ellen La Motte >
 broadly : any group of persons looked upon as common, disreputable, or very unconventional
  < all the riffraff for miles around have been using my garden as if it were their own — P.G.Wodehouse >
  < painters, authors, and other vagrant riffraff who frequented the premises — Norman Douglas >
 b. : the lowest or most disreputable element of the populace : rabble, mob, canaille
  < the riffraff might sack the town — Harper's >
 c. : one of the riffraff : a disreputable person
  < will not have some riffraff … trailing about with us — Elizabeth Janeway >
2. : refuse, rubbish, trash
 < waistcoats of dirty damask, legs of velvet breeches — in a word, all the cast-off riffraff of centuries — W.W.Story >
 < had once actually said that pigeons were mere riffraff — Sean O'Faolain >
II. adjective
: composed of, belonging to, or characteristic of the rabble : disreputable, trashy, worthless
 < a score of riffraff gunslingers, barroom brawlers — New Yorker >
 < riffraff opinions >
 < a riffraff army >
 < row of riffraff dwellings — Booth Tarkington >
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