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swashbuckler

/swosh-buhk-ler, swawsh-/US // ˈswɒʃˌbʌk lər, ˈswɔʃ- //UK // (ˈswɒʃˌbʌklə) //

掠夺者,霹雳游侠,侠客行,盗贼

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a swaggering swordsman, soldier, or adventurer; daredevil.

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Examples

  • He seemed not at all the image of the irresponsible swashbuckler I'd carried with me for so long.

  • A big swashbuckler of a man with a hard face, hard blue eyes with quizzical wrinkles around them.

  • He had plenty of wild, obscene wit, and early gained the reputation of being a swashbuckler.

  • When I came up I looked like a swashbuckler in one of Scudry's plays.

  • Cavalier in English was early applied in a contemptuous sense to an overbearing swashbuckler—a roisterer or swaggering gallant.

  • I felt that under the guise of an intellectual swashbuckler was a delicate and sensitive spirit.