ragamuffin

n. 衣衫褴褛的人, 寒酸样子的孩子

发音

US /ˈɹæɡəˌmʌfɪn/
AU /ˈɹæɡəˌmʌfɪn/

词形变化

ragamuffins 复数 ragamuffins ragmuffin

别名

raggamuffin

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A dirty, shabbily-clothed child; an urchin.

  2. 2.

    A hooligan or troublemaker.

    俚语
  3. 3.

    Alternative letter-case form of Ragamuffin (“breed of domestic cat”).

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

tatterdemalion

上位词 1

urchin

词源

From the Middle English Ragamuffyn. Of uncertain origin, according to Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable: A muffin is a poor thing of a creature, a ‘regular muff’; so that a ragamuffin is a sorry creature in rags.

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