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    desperado

    Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
    Related topics: Crime
    des·pe·ra·do /ˌdespəˈrɑːdəʊ $ -doʊ/ noun (plural desperadoes or desperados) [countable]  SCCBAD PERSON old-fashioned a violent criminal who is not afraid of danger 亡命之徒，暴徒
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    desperado• Then he eased himself through like a desperado entering a bar and ambled across the office, cracking quips like walnuts.• He has the sound of a desperado, she thought.• Suddenly, shockingly, the clergyman's son was a desperado.    Origin desperado (1600-1700) desperate “desperate person” ((16-19 centuries)), with the Spanish ending -ado
    des·pe·ra·do nounChineseSyllable
    criminal Corpus a afraid violent of who not is danger


    desperado
    des‧pe‧ra‧do /ˌdespəˈrɑːdəʊ $ -doʊ/ noun (plural desperadoes or desperados) [countable]
     Date: 1600-1700
     Origin: desperate 'desperate person' (16-19 centuries), with the Spanish ending -ado
    old-fashioned a violent criminal who is not afraid of danger


    des·per·adoBrE /ˌdespəˈrɑːdəʊ/ 🔊NAmE /ˌdespəˈrɑːdoʊ/ 🔊 noun (
    plural
    des·per·adoes     or
    des·per·ados    )     (old-fashioned)     a man who does dangerous and criminal things without caring about himself or other people 暴徒；歹徒；亡命之徒