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A scalawag is a — the same playful word, written the American way. You use it for someone, often a child or a cheeky adult, who gets into small trouble but does not really mean harm. It sounds like a storybook , not a hard insult, and it is a little old-fashioned. Though actually, in older American history books it also named a kind of Southern politician after the Civil War, and that use was not friendly. In everyday talk now, people almost always mean the mischievous kind.
小淘氣、調皮鬼
原始詞典資料5 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。
scalawagnoun
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derogatoryA disreputable fellow, a good-for-nothing, a scapegrace, a blackguard.
- Calvin: "I'm very very sorry that I took your precious flaaggg!" Hobbes: "Just don't do it any more, you scurvy scalawaaggg!"
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informalA badly behaved person, especially a child; a mischief-maker; a rascal.
- “This ruckus never seems to end.” (Colin laughing) “He's very loud, and unlike us, he does not sleep during the day.” “Nor does he sleep during the night.” “When does he sleep?” “I don't think he does.” (glass breaks) “Never a dull moment with that scalawag.” “I'm pretty sure he must be part demon.” “Nonsense. He's all boy.”
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derogatoryarchaicA scrawny cow.
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derogatoryarchaichistoricalAny white Southerner who supported the federal plan of Reconstruction after the American Civil War or who joined with the black freedmen and the carpetbaggers in support of Republican Party policies.
- “And you, Hugh Elsing, I’m ashamed of you! What will your poor mother say? Drunk and out with a—a Yankee-loving Scallawag like Captain Butler![…]”
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governmentlaw-enforcementmilitaryrogue police; rogue military personnel
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。