scallywag

英 [ˈskæliwæɡ]

美 [ˈskæliwæɡ]

n.  调皮捣蛋的人，淘气鬼(尤指儿童)

复数：scallywags　

法律

BNC.45685

牛津词典

noun

• 调皮捣蛋的人，淘气鬼（尤指儿童）
  a person, especially a child, who behaves badly, but not in a serious way

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 调皮捣蛋的人;淘气鬼;小坏蛋
  If you call a boy or a man ascallywag, you mean that he behaves badly but you like him, so you find it difficult to be really angry with him.
  1. It's his idea of a joke, I suppose, the scallywag.
     我想开玩笑是他的主意，真是个淘气鬼。

英英释义

noun

• one who is playfully mischievous
  Synonym:impscampmonkeyrascalrapscallionscalawag
• a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel
  Synonym:rogueknaverascalrapscallionscalawagvarlet
• a white Southerner who supported Reconstruction policies after the American Civil War (usually for self-interest)
  Synonym:scalawag

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