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Rowdy describes people, or a crowd, who are noisy, disorderly, and a bit out of control, usually in a loud, rough way rather than a dangerous one — a rowdy classroom, a rowdy party, or rowdy sports fans who shout and push around. It's an informal, everyday word, and while it isn't exactly a compliment, it's not as serious as "violent" or "dangerous" — more like "too loud and too wild."
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原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
rowdyadj/ˈɹaʊ̯di/
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Loud and disorderly; riotous; boisterous.
rowdynoun/ˈɹaʊ̯di/
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A boisterous person; a brawler.
- Carpenter recruited his gang at the saloon, rowdies all. They slept the day, drank well into the evening, and then set off for their pastime.
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obsoleteslangmoney; ready money.
- I don’t know whether I quite approve of your throwing over Mr. P. for Mr. F., and don’t think Foker’s such a pretty name, and from your account of him he seems a muff, and not a beauty. But he has got the rowdy, which is the thing.
- "Where's your money?" Jack exclaimed, hoarsely, in a well-feigned voice. "Ah! where's the rowdy?" iterated Clayton, in a tone it was impossible to conceal. "I have no money — none — save a few guineas; there — there — in my pocket […]
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。