)tough
恶棍1. someone who learned to fight in the streets rather than being formally trained in the sport of boxing
同义词：street fighter
2. an aggressive and violent young criminal
同义词：hood, hoodlum, goon, punk, thug, toughie, strong-armer
3. a cruel and brutal fellow
同义词：bully, hooligan, ruffian, roughneck, rowdy, yob, yobo, yobbo
形容词tough:
1. not given to gentleness or sentimentality
2. very difficult; severely testing stamina or resolution
同义词：rugged
3. physically toughened
同义词：toughened
4. substantially made or constructed
同义词：sturdy
5. violent and lawless
同义词：ruffianly
6. feeling physical discomfort or pain (`tough' is occasionally used colloquially for `bad')
同义词：bad
7. resistant to cutting or chewing
8. unfortunate or hard to bear
同义词：hard
9. making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe
同义词：baffling, knotty, problematic, problematical
- 习惯用语
- get tough [美俚]强硬起来, 行动勇敢
