hooligan

/ˈhuːlɪɡən/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈhuːlɪɡən/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈhü-li-gən/ (ame, mw)

hooligan — 名詞

  • hooligansingular
  • hooligansplural

1. a person, often a young man in a group, who behaves violently in public by fight

1.名詞B2
釋義

流氓

在公共場合暴力滋事的人

a person, often a young man in a group, who behaves violently in public by fighting or damaging property

例句

A group of hooligans threw bottles at the police outside the stadium.

一群流氓在體育場外朝警察扔瓶子。

collocation: group of hooligans

The court ordered three known hooligans to stay away from all football games.

法院下令三名已知的流氓不得接近任何足球比賽場地。

pattern: ban/order [sb] from [event]

同義詞
  • thug

    more serious — implies a career criminal who uses violence, often for money

  • ruffian

    old-fashioned — a rough, violent person, rarely used in modern speech

  • delinquent

    focuses on young people who break the law, not necessarily with public violence

反義詞

文法句型

hooligan + verb

hooligan + of + noun

用法筆記

Most commonly used in British English in the context of football (soccer), often in the plural form referring to groups. The adjective form 'hooligan' (e.g., hooligan behaviour) is also common.

常見錯誤

The man who stole my wallet is a hooligan.
The men who smashed the shop windows are hooligans.
💡Hooligan refers specifically to public violent behaviour and damage, not to theft or other crimes.