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词汇 lout
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Definition of lout in English:

lout

noun laʊtlaʊt
  • An uncouth and aggressive man or boy.

    笨拙的人;举止粗鲁的人

    he ended up brawling with a lout outside a curry house
    drunken louts
    Example sentencesExamples
    • He's a tearaway, a lout, a hooligan, and he's got a previous conviction for affray.
    • Alexander was a drunken lout for most of his career.
    • Then one of the drunken louts caught her foot and she tumbled forward, hitting her head on the hardwood chair.
    • A family of drunken louts have been sent to jail for train hooliganism and fighting police on the platform of a Railway Station.
    • Extra security has been set up to ensure that no louts or hooligans will spoil the match for spectators.
    • She said her husband, a rail clerk, went outside to confront the louts but they just taunted him and started smashing his car.
    • As well as vandalism, it will target drunken louts and unruly gangs who make neighbourhoods no-go areas.
    • The town may be a slice of rural England by day but town councillors say at night drunken louts recreate scenes normally reserved for town and city centres.
    • Drunken louts could have all their booze confiscated under new police powers that have come into force.
    • Suspected villains, drunken louts and teenage yobs face being caught on camera thanks to a hi-tech move by Police.
    • Police have vowed to get tough to stop louts flouting a street-drinking ban.
    • You can escape the thugs and other louts who loiter on trains and buses.
    • Bad drunken louts doing bad drunken things on the streets will be collared and asked to pay a fine.
    • There are no hawkers on the beach; no deafening discos; no drunken louts and no noise of jet skis.
    • The drunken louts who cause trouble for themselves and others after a skinful of alcohol at the weekend may be open to subtle persuasion when sober.
    • Public service workers have to deal with some of these louts and thugs, along with the vast majority of ordinary, reasonable folk.
    • It appears to be drunken louts who were responsible and they must have had had a motive.
    • It's time to stop louts and idiots getting their hands on cheap weapons every year.
    • Greater Manchester is getting tough on drunken louts as part of a national crackdown on alcohol-related crime.
    • The town's aggressive crusade against firework louts has been hailed as the must successful in years.
    Synonyms
    ruffian, hooligan, thug, boor, oaf, hoodlum, rowdy, bully boy
    informal yob, yobbo, tough, roughneck, bruiser, gorilla, yahoo
    British informal chav, hoodie
    North American informal lug
    Australian informal ocker
    Australian/New Zealand informal hoon

Origin

Mid 16th century: perhaps from archaic lout 'to bow down', of Germanic origin.

Rhymes

about, bout, clout, devout, doubt, down-and-out, drought, flout, gout, grout, knout, mahout, misdoubt, nowt, out, out-and-out, owt, pout, Prout, right about, rout, scout, shout, snout, spout, sprout, stout, thereabout, thereout, throughout, timeout, tout, trout, way-out, without

Definition of lout in US English:

lout

nounlaʊtlout
  • An uncouth and aggressive man or boy.

    笨拙的人;举止粗鲁的人

    drunken louts
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Suspected villains, drunken louts and teenage yobs face being caught on camera thanks to a hi-tech move by Police.
    • The town may be a slice of rural England by day but town councillors say at night drunken louts recreate scenes normally reserved for town and city centres.
    • It appears to be drunken louts who were responsible and they must have had had a motive.
    • Extra security has been set up to ensure that no louts or hooligans will spoil the match for spectators.
    • He's a tearaway, a lout, a hooligan, and he's got a previous conviction for affray.
    • It's time to stop louts and idiots getting their hands on cheap weapons every year.
    • Police have vowed to get tough to stop louts flouting a street-drinking ban.
    • Drunken louts could have all their booze confiscated under new police powers that have come into force.
    • There are no hawkers on the beach; no deafening discos; no drunken louts and no noise of jet skis.
    • Public service workers have to deal with some of these louts and thugs, along with the vast majority of ordinary, reasonable folk.
    • The town's aggressive crusade against firework louts has been hailed as the must successful in years.
    • The drunken louts who cause trouble for themselves and others after a skinful of alcohol at the weekend may be open to subtle persuasion when sober.
    • Greater Manchester is getting tough on drunken louts as part of a national crackdown on alcohol-related crime.
    • Then one of the drunken louts caught her foot and she tumbled forward, hitting her head on the hardwood chair.
    • Bad drunken louts doing bad drunken things on the streets will be collared and asked to pay a fine.
    • You can escape the thugs and other louts who loiter on trains and buses.
    • A family of drunken louts have been sent to jail for train hooliganism and fighting police on the platform of a Railway Station.
    • Alexander was a drunken lout for most of his career.
    • As well as vandalism, it will target drunken louts and unruly gangs who make neighbourhoods no-go areas.
    • She said her husband, a rail clerk, went outside to confront the louts but they just taunted him and started smashing his car.
    Synonyms
    ruffian, hooligan, thug, boor, oaf, hoodlum, rowdy, bully boy

Origin

Mid 16th century: perhaps from archaic lout ‘to bow down’, of Germanic origin.

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