Word · Frequency #12971
cads
卑鄙的男人;下流人;无赖
cads is the plural of cad.
核心释义
a man who is morally reprehensible
- 1.
低贱、放肆的人,卑鄙粗俗的家伙,尤其指不可托付女士者
A low-bred, presuming person; a mean, vulgar fellow, especially one that cannot be trusted with a lady.
- 2.
石蛾幼虫
A caddis (caddisfly larva).
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
用法In use
After he borrowed money and never paid it back, everyone called him a cad.
用法提示:cad 是名词,指行为卑劣、令人不齿的男人,此处作 call 的宾语补足语。
She refused to dance with a cad who had insulted her friend.
用法提示:cad 作名词,与冠词 a 连用,指品德低下的男人。
Those cads laughed at the old man and walked away.
用法提示:cads 是 cad 的复数形式,仍指一群道德败坏的男人。
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.
相关词与表达Connections
搭配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。
近义词
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧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。
语境与语域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。
发音与拼写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。
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