thug

英 [θʌɡ]

美 [θʌɡ]

n. 恶棍; 暴徒; 罪犯

复数：thugs　现在分词：thugging　

Collins.1 / BNC.12235 / COCA.8101

牛津词典

noun

N-COUNT 恶棍;凶手;罪犯
You can refer to a violent person or criminal as athug.
1. ...the cowardly thugs who mug old people.
  抢劫老人的胆小恶棍

noun

an aggressive and violent young criminal
Synonym:hoodhoodlumgoonpunktoughtoughiestrong-armer

A strong man hired as a bodyguard or thug.
雇来作为保镖或者打手的强壮的人。
He is badly beat up by a gang of thug.
他被一帮暴徒打得死去活来。
That thug had a jump on him from the very start.
那个暴徒给了他当头一棒。
It gave me heart to see one thug get what he deserves.
看到一个恶棍罪有应得真是大快我心。
A hired ruffian; a thug.
一个被雇的恶棍；暴徒。
For once, it's someone we know, and he's not a thug!
第一次，这是我们认识的人，而且他又不是坏蛋！
The thug gave him a punch in the chest.
暴徒对着他的胸部打了一拳。
Guy's a real piece of work, total thug.
好家伙，完全是个暴徒。
Mister, are you crazy? You some thug?
大伯，你疯了么？哪里惹你了？
What was the reaction of this sly thug when he learned that he had an opportunity to support himself, his mother, his little sister, and his little brother?
这个狡猾的恶棍听到他有机会可以供养他自己、他母亲和他的弟弟妹妹，他什么反应？