Word · Frequency #2160
tough
暴徒；恶棍；恶霸
核心释义
a violent person who uses force or threats to get what they want; a thug or bully
- 1.
通过武力获取东西的人；暴徒或恶霸。
A person who obtains things by force; a thug or bully.
- 2.
街头斗殴出身的人
someone who learned to fight in the streets rather than being formally trained in the sport of boxing
- 3.
好斗暴力的年轻罪犯
an aggressive and violent young criminal
- 4.
残忍粗暴的家伙
a cruel and brutal fellow
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
用法In use
A group of toughs were waiting outside the bar.
用法提示：此处 tough 作名词复数，指‘暴徒’。
The old woman refused to give her purse to the tough who demanded it.
用法提示：tough 作名词，指‘凶悍的暴徒’。
In the movie, the hero fights a tough in an alley and wins.
用法提示：tough 作名词，指‘街头恶霸、暴徒’。
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.
相关词与表达Connections
搭配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
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧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。
语境与语域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。
语法说明Grammar Note
可数名词，指粗暴或恶棍式的人。
发音与拼写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/。
高价值词汇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。
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