英['huːdləm]美['huːdləm]
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词源不详，特别用于指美国加利福尼亚州19世纪70年代欺负中国移民的街头流氓，一种说法是来自”huddle‘em”，即huddle them，类似于攻击中国移民的暗号，后来报纸就把这帮人称做hoodlum.该词原系美语，以后通过匪盗影片进入了英国英语。关于其来历，说法有二。=据传，南北战争(1861-1865)结束后不久，旧金山有位记者撰写了一篇关于当地少年犯罪者的报道。由于害怕报复他避免指名道姓，文中有意将流氓头子的名字Muldoon倒拼成Noodlum，排宇工人却把它误排为Hoodlum。文章上报后，加利福尼亚人就把那个城市的年轻无赖称作the San Francisco hoodlums。这个误排的词便这样成为英语的一分子，用以泛指“年轻无赖”、“小阿飞”等。
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小知识
Hoodlums are young people who are involved in crime or generally up to no good. A car full of hoodlums might drive down the street and smash mailboxes with a baseball bat. Hoodlums are into mean stuff like that.
If you've ever seen a group of young people who look like trouble, you may have seen a group of hoodlums. Hoodlums are loud, aggressive, and violent. Hoodlums are part of gangs and commit crimes. If a young person robs a store or mugs someone, he’s a hoodlum. The word hoodlum has nothing to do with the hood on a sweatshirt. A hoodlum can also be called a gangster, thug, or toughie. Steer clear!