hoodlum
英 ['hu?dl?m]
美['hudl?m]
- n. 流氓；暴徒；無賴
詞態變化
復數:?hoodlums;
中文詞源
hoodlum 暴徒，惡棍
詞源不詳，特別用于指美國加利福尼亞州19世紀70年代欺負中國移民的街頭流氓，一種說法是來自”huddle ‘em”,即huddle them,類似于攻擊中國移民的暗號，后來報紙就把這幫人稱做hoodlum.
英文詞源
- hoodlum (n.)
- popularized 1871, American English, (identified throughout the 1870s as "a California word") "young street rowdy, loafer," especially one involved in violence against Chinese immigrants, "young criminal, gangster;" it appears to have been in use locally from a slightly earlier date and may have begun as a specific name of a gang:
The police have recently been investigating the proceedings of a gang of thieving boys who denominate themselves and are known to the world as the Hoodlum Gang. [San Francisco "Golden Era" newspaper, Feb. 16, 1868, p.4]
Of unknown origin, though newspapers of the day printed myriad fanciful stories concocted to account for it. A guess perhaps better than average is that it is from German dialectal (Bavarian) Huddellump "ragamuffin" [Barnhart].What the derivation of the word "hoodlum" is we could never satisfactorily ascertain, though several derivations have been proposed; and it would appear that the word has not been very many years in use. But, however obscure the word may be, there is nothing mysterious about the thing; .... [Walter M. Fisher, "The Californians," London, 1876]
雙語例句
- 1. If I was a hoodlum I could hit you on the head.
- 如果我是強盜的話,我可以猛擊你的頭.
來自辭典例句
- 2. The hoodlum is still in jug.
- 那個惡棍仍在坐牢.
來自辭典例句
- 3. The hoodlum menaced the local merchants.
- 盜匪威脅著當地商人.
來自辭典例句
- 4. He is a well - known hoodlum in this neighborhood , always bullying others.
- 他是這邊有名的混子, 經常欺負人.
來自互聯網
- 5. My not hoodlum, but ill health.
- 我不流氓, 但不健康.
來自互聯網