revenuer

/rev-uhn-yoo-er, -uh-noo-/US // ˈrɛv ənˌyu ər, -əˌnu- //UK // (ˈrɛvɪˌnjuːə) //

复仇者,报仇者,报复者,报仇人

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
Informal.
- : an agent of the U.S. Treasury Department, especially one whose responsibility is to enforce laws against illegal distilling or bootlegging of alcoholic liquor.

An' that's jes' the way Briscoe planned it: ter send the revenuer down an hour by sun with the dog-cart an' his fine mare.
We-uns war loaded fur that tricky revenuer, an' Edward Briscoe war kilt by mistake.
You oughter hev made sure afore ye teched the trigger, Copenny, that he war the revenuer!
Ef hit's thet infernal ghost-dog revenuer, don't skeer em off—bring em up, quick!
Sheriff, I've hit thet damn ghost-revenuer ez many times ez yo' see rocks at yore feet thar.