raffish

• adj. 名譽不好的；卑鄙的；無賴的

來自 riff-raff,烏合之眾，地痞流氓，-ish,形容詞後綴。

raffish

raffish: see raft

raffish (adj.)

"disreputable, vulgar," 1795, from raff "people," usually of a lower sort (1670s), probably from rif and raf (mid-14c.) "everyone," from Middle English raf, raffe "one and all, everybody" (see riffraff). Related: Raffishly; raffishness.

1. He was handsome in a raffish kind of way.

他的帥是一種放蕩不羈的帥。

來自柯林斯例句

2. The theatre's raffish auditorium recalls an earlier era.

劇院俗麗的觀眾席讓人想起早先的時代。

來自辭典例句

3. He was drinking cheap champagne with a raffish air.

他喝著廉價的香檳酒,樣子十分放蕩.

來自互聯網

4. Why let all the people dream of having such a don't catch mice, raffish cat?

為什麽讓各國人民都夢想擁有那樣一隻不抓老鼠, 不務正業的貓?

來自互聯網