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picaro

/pik-uh-roh, pee-kuh-/US // ˈpɪk əˌroʊ, ˈpi kə- //

皮卡罗,皮卡洛,皮卡鲁,皮卡羅

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural pic·a·ros.

    • : a rogue or vagabond.

Examples

  • Master Reynard, in that romance of the Middle Ages of which he is the hero, is something like a picaro.

  • The picaro was the fungus which grew out of this mass of corruption.

  • Most of them on leaving the Court uttered some invective against "the picaro who had sworn their lives away."

  • There was enough of the “picaro” in his countenance, to inspire me with confidence that he could be suborned for my purpose.

  • On this waste, and out of this rottenness, fattened and throve exceedingly the rank weed picaro.