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roughneck

/ruhf-nek/US // ˈrʌfˌnɛk //UK // (ˈrʌfˌnɛk) //

粗野的人,粗糙的人,粗糙的脖子,粗糙的颈部

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a rough, coarse person; a tough.
    • : any laborer working on an oil-drilling rig.Compare roustabout.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to work as a roughneck.

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Examples

  • McConaughey plays Ron Woodroof, a boozey roughneck who is given 30 days to live after being diagnosed with AIDS.

  • I wanted to kill the enemy and be a roughneck and cuss and spit tobacco, come home and do it again.

  • And some of these roughneck humourists will congratulate us on golf becoming one of the vital, red-blooded sports!

  • "You know, Miss Shaw, this isn't just the roughneck's scorn for the egghead," Travis said.

  • Will you try and see if you can't think of me as something more than just a dollar-chasing roughneck?

  • He could almost hear passersby say "goody-good" and "roughneck."

  • I copped it on the high seas—flotsam and jetsam,' says the 'roughneck.'