Word · Frequency #12971
cad
卑鄙的男人；下流人；无赖
a man who is morally reprehensible
- 1.
A low-bred, presuming person; a mean, vulgar fellow, especially one that cannot be trusted with a lady.
低贱、放肆的人,卑鄙粗俗的家伙,尤其指不可托付女士者
- 2.
A caddis (caddisfly larva).
石蛾幼虫
低贱、放肆的人,卑鄙粗俗的家伙,尤其指不可托付女士者；石蛾幼虫；卑鄙的男人；下流人；无赖
In use
After he borrowed money and never paid it back, everyone called him a cad.
She refused to dance with a cad who had insulted her friend.
Those cads laughed at the old man and walked away.
be a cad
cad 是名词，专指道德卑劣的男人，其复数为 cads。
He is a cad and nobody trusts him.
他是个无赖，没人信任他。
a cad who ...
A cad who lies to his friends will soon be alone.
对朋友撒谎的无赖很快就会没人理睬。
behave like a cad
注意：大写的 CAD 常指“计算机辅助设计”，和小写的 cad（无赖）拼写相同但意思不同。
He behaved like a cad when he ignored her calls.
Connections
Collocations
- a cad and a bounder
- 无赖与恶棍
- He was described in the papers as a cad and a bounder.他在报纸上被描述为一个无赖和恶棍。
- a shameless cad
- 厚颜无耻的无赖
- Only a shameless cad would speak to her like that.只有厚颜无耻的无赖才会那样跟她说话。
- behave like a cad
- 行为像无赖；行为卑鄙
- He behaved like a cad, leaving without paying.他行为像无赖，没付钱就走了。
- a thorough cad
- 十足的无赖
- She soon realized he was a thorough cad.她很快意识到他是个十足的无赖。
Synonyms
- scoundrel
- 恶棍；无赖 · 比cad正式，带文学色彩，指道德败坏、不可信任的人。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
cad 与 bad 同韵，但以 c 开头：记住他是个比 bad 更坏的下流男人。
Context & Register
语域：informal 常见场景：旧式口语、文学或影视作品中的角色描写 这个词是较老派的非正式用语，多用于指对女性不诚实或品行不端的男人，现在日常口语中较少见，带有一点旧时代或戏谑的语气。
Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词都与 cad 押韵，读音为 /æd/：bad, had, mad, sad, lad, pad。注意：cad 不要与 code /koʊd/、cud /kʌd/、wad /wɒd/ 混淆，它们拼写相似但读音不同。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.