rapparee

rapparee怎么读

英式音标：[ˌræpə\'ri:]

美式音标：[ˌræpə\'ri]

rapparee的意思释义

n.

爱尔兰的民兵，土匪，强盗；

英英释义

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.

rapparee用法及例句

双语例句

用作名词(n.)

I fear the drawn pistol of a rapparee.

我怕土匪拔出手枪。

例句参考

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