Word · Frequency #2160
tough
暴徒；恶棍；恶霸
a violent person who uses force or threats to get what they want; a thug or bully
- 1.
A person who obtains things by force; a thug or bully.
通过武力获取东西的人；暴徒或恶霸。
- 2.
someone who learned to fight in the streets rather than being formally trained in the sport of boxing
街头斗殴出身的人
- 3.
an aggressive and violent young criminal
好斗暴力的年轻罪犯
- 4.
a cruel and brutal fellow
残忍粗暴的家伙
少年暴徒；小流氓；街头出身的拳手；非科班拳手；通过武力获取东西的人；暴徒或恶霸。；街头斗殴出身的人；好斗暴力的年轻罪犯
In use
A group of toughs were waiting outside the bar.
The old woman refused to give her purse to the tough who demanded it.
In the movie, the hero fights a tough in an alley and wins.
a tough
He was known as a tough in the neighborhood.
他在那个街区以恶棍闻名。
the toughs
The toughs gathered on the street corner.
那些恶棍聚集在街角。
adjective + tough
形容词常放在tough前面作定语。
A local tough threatened the shopkeeper.
一个当地的恶棍威胁了店主。
Connections
Collocations
- street tough
- 街头恶棍
- The street tough demanded money from the shopkeeper.那个街头恶棍向店主勒索钱财。
- young tough
- 年轻暴徒
- A young tough was arrested after the fight.打架后，一名年轻暴徒被逮捕。
- local tough
- 当地恶霸
- The local tough bullied everyone in the neighborhood.那个当地恶霸欺负街坊里的每个人。
- gang of toughs
- 一帮暴徒
- A gang of toughs attacked the passerby.一帮暴徒袭击了路人。
- armed toughs
- 武装暴徒
- Armed toughs stormed into the building.武装暴徒冲进了大楼。
Synonyms
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想形容词 tough（强硬）的同一拼写：一个 tough 就是靠强硬拳头威胁别人的暴徒、恶霸。
Context & Register
语域：informal 常见场景：街头斗殴、暴力犯罪、拳击 tough 作名词表示“暴徒、恶霸”时通常为口语或非正式用法，多用于街头暴力、犯罪或非正式拳击等语境。正式写作中比较少见，可根据具体含义改用 criminal、bully 或 thug 等词。
Grammar Note
可数名词，指粗暴或恶棍式的人。
Pronunciation & Spelling
tough 读 /tʌf/，与 rough /rʌf/、enough /ɪˈnʌf/ 押韵（都以 /ʌf/ 结尾）。注意：cough /kɔːf/、dough /doʊ/、through /θruː/、though /ðoʊ/ 虽然都含有 -ough，但发音不同，不与其押韵。其中 dough 和 though 读 /oʊ/，互相押韵；cough 的元音是 /ɔː/；through 读 /uː/。
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 4，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
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