blackguard
n. 无赖, 流氓 vt. 辱骂, 耍无赖 a. 无赖的, 滥骂的
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释义与例句
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The lowest servant in a household charged with pots, pans, and other kitchen equipment.
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An unprincipled, contemptible person; an untrustworthy person.
过时1830, Thomas Macaulay, Review of Robert Southey's edition of Pilgrim's Progress, in the Edinburgh Review A man whose manners and sentiments are decidedly below those of his class deserves to be called a blackguard.
2006, Jan Freeman, Blaggards' of the year – Boston Globe "Arrr, keelhaul the blaggards!" wrote Ty Burr in the Globe last summer, pronouncing sentence on the malefactors who brought us the second "Pirates of the Caribbean" movie.
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A man who uses foul language in front of a woman (typically a woman of high standing).
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To revile or abuse in scurrilous language.
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To act like a blackguard; to be a scoundrel.
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From black + guard, thought to have referred originally to the scullions and lower menials of a court, or of a nobleman's household, who wore black liveries or blacked shoes and boots, or were often stained with soot.
来源：wiktionary