villain
英['vɪlən]
美['vɪlən]
- n. 坏人，恶棍；戏剧、小说中的反派角色；顽童；罪犯
- n. (Villain)人名；(法)维兰
词态变化
复数: villains;
助记提示
1. 拉丁语 villa 'country house' => villain.
2. villa 原指“农庄住宅、庄园”，而 villain 则指为 villa 的主人工作的“农奴、农民”，后来贵族由于阶级优越感以及他们对农民的阶级偏见，往往把意指农民、乡下人的词语同“愚昧、粗野、邪恶”等概念相联系，由此含义出现了贬降。
3. 同源词：villa, villain, village.
中文词源
villain 恶棍来自villa,村庄，农场。其原义为村民，词义贬义化为恶棍，无赖。
英文词源
- villain (n.)
- c. 1300 (late 12c. as a surname), "base or low-born rustic," from Anglo-French and Old French vilain "peasant, farmer, commoner, churl, yokel" (12c.), from Medieval Latin villanus "farmhand," from Latin villa "country house, farm" (see villa).
The most important phases of the sense development of this word may be summed up as follows: 'inhabitant of a farm; peasant; churl, boor; clown; miser; knave, scoundrel.' Today both Fr. vilain and Eng. villain are used only in a pejorative sense. [Klein]
Meaning "character in a novel, play, etc. whose evil motives or actions help drive the plot" is from 1822.
双语例句
- 1. Frank ran dodgy errands for a seedy local villain.
- 弗兰克为当地一个臭名远扬的恶棍跑腿，干些骗人勾当。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. Frank drifted into running dodgy errands for a seedy local villain.
- 弗兰克开始为当地一个下流的恶人跑腿做坏事。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. My first part was Captain O'Hagarty, a dastardly villain in a children's play.
- 我演的第一个角色是奥哈格蒂船长，一部儿童剧中的恶棍。
来自《权威词典》
- 4. He often plays the part of the villain.
- 他经常扮演反面人物。
来自《权威词典》
- 5. He is a black villain.
- 他是一个无可救药的恶棍.
来自《简明英汉词典》