单词 | rogue |
释义 | rogue /rohg/, n. , v. , rogued, roguing, adj. n. 1. a dishonest, knavish person; scoundrel. 2. a playfully mischievous person; scamp: The youngest boys are little rogues. 3. a tramp or vagabond. 4. a rogue elephant or other animal of similar disposition. 5. Biol. a usually inferior organism, esp. a plant, varying markedly from the normal. v.i. 6. to live or act as a rogue. v.t. 7. to cheat. 8. to uproot or destroy (plants, etc., that do not conform to a desired standard). 9. to perform this operation upon: to rogue a field. adj. 10. (of an animal) having an abnormally savage or unpredictable disposition, as a rogue elephant. 11. no longer obedient, belonging, or accepted and hence not controllable or answerable; deviating, renegade: a rogue cop; a rogue union local. [1555-65; appar. short for obs. roger begging vagabond, orig. cant word] Syn. 1. villain, trickster, swindler, cheat, mountebank, quack. See knave. |
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