ruffian

英 [ˈrʌfiən]

美 [ˈrʌfiən]

n. 暴徒; 恶棍

复数：ruffians　

BNC.22925 / COCA.26175

牛津词典

noun

N-COUNT 流氓;恶棍;暴徒;罪犯
Aruffianis a man who behaves violently and is involved in crime.
1. ...gangs of ruffians who lurk about intent on troublemaking.
  潜伏在周围意图制造麻烦的匪帮

noun

"I hope you aren't a no-good ruffian or crook."
“我希望，你不是一无用的流子或骗子。”
The mere thought of the ruffian made her shudder.
她一想到那个恶棍就不寒而栗。
He also admitted that you had some interest in a mill or mills that necessitated your riding about alone, or attended by a ruffian who, Captain Butler assures us, is a murderer.
他还承认你对一家或几家厂子都很有兴趣，因此得坐着马车到处跑，而巴特勒船长告诉我们，赶车的那个恶棍还杀过人呢。
He struggled with the ruffian.
他同歹徒进行了搏斗。
A young ruffian; a hoodlum.
小流氓；无赖。
Swithin did not look round, on no account would he have pulled up to help the ruffian.
斯威辛并没有回头，要他停下车来做这个恶棍，他决计不来。
If that little ruffian belonged to me, I should give him a touch of the rope's end.
那小流氓要是我的孩子，我就要用鞭子揍他一顿。
How could Melly have been so so well, there was no word for melanie's action in taking in this old ruffian and not telling her friends he was a jailbird.
媚兰怎么会这么&这么。她不该收留这个老无赖，还不告诉朋友们他是个杀人犯。
He was about to call out when that ruffian dashed at him and gripped his throat.
他正要叫喊，那歹徒猛扑过来，卡住他的脖子。
And when the ruffian had told him, with another oath, that this was so.
那恶棍又骂了一声，说是的。