also riff-raff, late 15c., from earlier rif and raf "one and all, everybody, every scrap," also "sweepings, refuse" (mid-14c.), from Old French rif et raf, from rifler "to spoil, strip" (see rifle (v.)). Second element from raffler "carry off," related to rafle "plundering," or from raffer "to snatch, to sweep together" (see raffle (n.)).
雙語例句
1. We don't want any riffraff to move into the area.
我們不希望任何烏合之眾進(jìn)入到這個地區(qū)。
來自辭典例句
2. Haven't you been told it's dangerous to drive alone through riffraff?
電影被刪床戲;看廣告免費(fèi)打電話,沒有人告訴過你一個人通過那段路是很危險的 嗎 ?
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
3. Bleaching and those that you say you are a media riffraff pedophilia!