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 Englishriffraffother
=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.