单词 | femme fatale |
释义 | femme fatalen. An attractive and seductive woman, esp. one who is likely to cause risk to or the downfall of anyone who becomes involved with her. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > [noun] > beautiful thing or person > beautiful person > beautiful woman > cruel or dangerous pantheress1868 femme fatale1879 society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > loss of chastity > [noun] > seduction > seducer > seductress Laïs1576 Delilah1585 seductress1803 femme fatale1879 man-eater1906 wolfess1945 Lolita1959 1879 St. Louis (Missouri) Globe-Democrat 21 July 2/3 It has intensified the disposition of most people here to regard the unhappy lady as essentially a femme fatale, a woman whose influence brings a curse to all within its range. 1912 G. B. Shaw Let. 19 Aug. in Bernard Shaw & Mrs. P. Campbell (1952) 39 Here I saw a Femme Fatale who was a fine figure of a woman. 1954 M. F. Rodell Myst. Fiction ix. 56 Whirling in a high-powered car from Monte Carlo to Cap d'Antibes on the trail of an exotically beautiful femme fatale. 1996 T. Parker Violence of our Lives iii. 115 After that she'd turn again, and be a sex kitten sort of femme fatale who wanted to make love right there and then on the floor. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1879 |
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