Word · Frequency #12235
Fully loadedthugs
暴徒；恶棍；打手
thugs is the plural of thug.
A violent person, especially a criminal or member of a gang.
- 1.
A person who is a member of a gang or criminal organization.
帮派或犯罪组织成员
- 2.
an aggressive and violent young criminal
好斗且暴力的年轻罪犯
- 3.
A violent, aggressive, or truculent person.
暴力、好斗或凶狠的人
- 4.
A criminal that extorts people.
勒索他人的罪犯
- 5.
A person who use intimidation to coerce others.
使用恐吓手段胁迫他人的人
- 6.
One who, usually as a result of social disadvantage, has turned to committing crimes (e.g. selling drugs, robbery, assault, etc.) to make a living; a gangsta.
因社会劣势而转向犯罪谋生的人(如贩毒、抢劫、袭击等)；黑帮成员
- 7.
An overvigorous plant that spreads and dominates the flowerbed.
在花坛中蔓延并占据主导地位的过于旺盛的植物
- 8.
A wooden bat used in the game of miniten, fitting around the player's hand.
迷你网球游戏中使用的木制球棒,适合握在手中
敲诈勒索者；恐吓者；长势过旺的植物；侵占花坛的植物；（运动项目 miniten 的）木制球拍；帮派或犯罪组织成员；好斗且暴力的年轻罪犯
In use
The police arrested the thug after he attacked a tourist.
A group of thugs threatened the shopkeeper for money.
He was beaten up by a thug on his way home.
a/an thug
A thug threatened him with a knife.
一个恶棍用刀威胁他。
the thugs
The thugs were arrested after the robbery.
那些暴徒在抢劫后被逮捕了。
thug + noun
thug可作定语修饰名词，如thug life（黑帮生活）。
He leads a thug life on the streets.
他在街头过着恶棍般的生活。
Connections
Collocations
- street thug
- 街头恶棍
- The street thug was caught on camera stealing a phone.那个街头恶棍偷手机时被摄像头拍到了。
- gang of thugs
- 一帮暴徒
- A gang of thugs attacked the shopkeeper late at night.一帮暴徒深夜袭击了店主。
- armed thugs
- 持械暴徒
- Armed thugs broke into the house and took the safe.持械暴徒破门而入，拿走了保险箱。
- thug life
- 暴徒生活
- His rap lyrics glorify thug life.他的说唱歌词美化了暴徒生活。
Idioms & figurative uses
- thug life
- 黑帮式的生活方式；也指一种硬派、不认输的生存态度He talks about 'thug life', but he's actually a law student.他嘴上说着“黑帮生活”，其实是个法学院学生。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想：thug 末尾的 'ug' 和 ugly 一样，恶棍长相凶恶丑陋。
Context & Register
语域：informal 常见场景：informal conversation about street crime、news headlines about gang violence thug 多用于非正式、口语化语境，常带贬义；在较正式书面语中可改用 criminal 或 violent offender。注意不要用它泛指所有罪犯。
Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词都与 thug /θʌɡ/ 押韵，结尾都是 /ʌɡ/。注意拼写相近但发音不同的词：though /ðoʊ/（虽然）、through /θruː/（穿过）、tough /tʌf/（坚韧的）、thought /θɔːt/（想法）和 huge /hjuːdʒ/（巨大的）都与 thug 不押韵。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
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。
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