rogues' gallery

短语

[法] 罪犯照片陈列室

发音

AU
US

词形变化

rogues' galleries 复数 rogues' galleries

别名

rogue's gallery rogues gallery rogue gallery

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A set of pictures of convicted or suspected criminals used in law enforcement investigations to help witnesses identify suspects.

    When the policemen arrest a man . . . if there is good reason to suspect him, they take his picture before they let him go. . . . Then they put the picture up in the rogues' gallery among the others, where everybody who comes there can see it.

  2. 2.

    Any group of lawbreakers or other disreputable characters.

    习语 引申义
  3. 3.

    The set of supervillains associated with a particular superhero or comic book title.

    媒体

词源

From rogue + gallery. Popularized by American detectives Allan Pinkerton and Thomas F. Byrnes.

来源：wiktionary