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roughneck是什么意思

roughneck

英 ['rʌfnek] 美 ['rʌfnɛk]
  • n. 粗鲁的人,粗暴的人;流氓,无赖

英文词源


roughneck (n.)
also rough-neck, 1836, "rugged individual," from rough (adj.) + neck (n.). Original context is the Texas frontier, later adpoted to labor organization toughs. Specific sense of "oil rig worker" is recorded from 1917. Compare redneck.

双语例句


1. I was looking at an elegant young roughneck , a year or two over thirty.
我看着的不过是一个风度翩翩的年轻汉子,三十一、二岁的年纪.

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