goon
/guːn/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。
2.1
- 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。
词源
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.