scapegrace
英 ['skeɪpˌgreɪs]
美 ['skeɪpˌgreɪs]
- n. 饭桶；不可救药的恶棍；流氓
中文词源
scapegrace 流氓，恶棍
缩写自 escape,脱离，grace,恩泽，特指上帝的恩典。比喻用法。
英语词源
- scapegrace (n.)
- 1767, from scape (v.) + grace (n.); as if "one who escapes the grace of God." Possibly influenced by scapegoat.
权威例句
- 1. Poor George , only a year older than his scapegrace brother, looked sixty.
- 可怜的乔治才比他那放荡不羁的弟弟大一岁, 却显得有六十岁了.