rapparee

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英 [ˌræpə'ri:]
美 [ˌræpə'ri]
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  • n.

    爱尔兰的民兵,土匪,强盗;

  • 英英释义

    Rapparee

    • Rapparees or raparees (from the Irish ropairí, plural of ropaire, meaning half-pike or pike-wielding person) were Irish guerrilla fighters who operated on the Jacobite side during the 1690s Williamite war in Ireland. Subsequently the name was also given to bandits and highwaymen in Ireland - many former guerrillas having turned to crime after the war ended.

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    双语例句

    用作名词(n.)
    1. I fear the drawn pistol of a rapparee.
      我怕土匪拔出手枪。

    权威例句

    Rapparee
    Rapparee
    Rapparee, Ilfracombe
    Rapparee, Ilfracombe
    My dark rapparee
    ORIGIN OF THE WORD "RAPPAREE."
    Redmond Count O'Hanlon, the Irish Rapparee
    Shane Crossagh, the County Derry "Rapparee"
    St Lucia stakes its claim to the bones of the `heroic rebels' of Rapparee Cove
    "Young Ned of the Hill"and the Reemergence of the Irish Rapparee: A Textual and Intertextual Analysis