goon

goon
noun
(informal)(非正式)
  1. a silly, foolish, or eccentric person
    蠢人,傻瓜;怪人
  2. (chiefly N. Amer.)a bully or thug, especially a member of an armed or security force
    (主北美)打手;暴徒(尤指武装团伙或安全部队中的成员)
    a squad of army goons waving pistols.
    一队挥舞着手枪的军队暴徒。
    ■(Brit.)a guard in a German prisoner-of-war camp during the Second World War
    (英)(二次大战中德国战俘营的)看守
语源
  1. mid 19th cent.: perhaps from dialect gooney 'booby'; influenced by the subhuman cartoon character 'Alice the Goon', created by E. C. Segar (1894–1938), American cartoonist
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