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riffraff

🇬🇧 UK/'rifræf/🇺🇸 US
GREC2

Definitions

n.

People regarded as disreputable, undesirable, or of low social standing; the rabble

流氓，暴徒；乌合之众，下层社会的人

🧩 Root Breakdown

Native English
riffraffother
=riffraff

Common Collocations

  • 1.keep out the riffraff把闲杂人等拒之门外
  • 2.common riffraff普通流氓地痞
  • 3.[dismiss as riffraff]斥之为乌合之众
  • 4.riffraff and rabble流氓暴徒

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    The club's strict door policy was designed to keep out the riffraff.

  • 2.

    He looked down on his neighbors, dismissing them as mere riffraff.

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