rogue
noun /rəʊɡ/
/rəʊɡ/
- (humorous) a person who behaves badly, but despite this is quite attractive
无赖;捣蛋鬼 - He's a bit of a rogue, but very charming.
他好捣蛋,但却很讨人喜欢。
- He's a bit of a rogue, but very charming.
- (old-fashioned) a man who is not honest or moral
synonym rascal骗子;恶棍;流氓 - a rogues’ gallery (= a collection of pictures of criminals)
案犯相片集
- a rogues’ gallery (= a collection of pictures of criminals)
词源mid 16th cent. (denoting an idle vagrant): probably from Latin rogare ‘beg, ask’, and related to obsolete slang roger ‘vagrant beggar’ (many such cant terms were introduced towards the middle of the 16th cent.).