raise Cain

短语

惹乱子,胡闹;发火,恼怒;狂欢,狂饮

发音

AU

词形变化

raised Cain raises Cain 三单 raises Cain raising Cain raising Cain 现在分词 raised Cain 过去式 raised Cain 过去分词

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    Synonym of raise hell.

    习语

    Those damned boys have been out drinking and raising Cain again tonight.

词源

From Cain, the biblical son of Adam and Eve, the first murderer. The expression implies raising him from the dead and thus bringing or returning that evil to Earth.

来源：wiktionary