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单词 femme fatale
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Definition of femme fatale in English:

femme fatale

nounPlural femmes fatales ˌfam fəˈtɑːl
  • An attractive and seductive woman, especially one who will ultimately cause distress to a man who becomes involved with her.

    a femme fatale who plays one man off against another in pursuit of money
    Example sentencesExamples
    • My true passionate attack on the cinema is the legend of the femme fatale.
    • The female baddie is usually the sexy femme fatale.
    • And although she delights in playing femmes fatales, she is most frequently cast as a small-town girl - an innocent with a steel core.
    • Yet to many observers these are the femmes fatales of the markets - seductive but essentially destructive temptresses.
    • Elijah expected a beautiful mirage of glittering, ethereal beauty, the ultimate femme fatale, but now he knew not what to think.
    • She has become a franchise rather than a femme fatale.
    • Is it any longer possible, though, for a femme fatale to seem new?
    • Those are not usually the characteristics of the femme fatale, but I loved that.
    • She is the femme fatale whose seductive voice, glamorous hair, and voluptuous body Rita Hayworth lent to the screen in 1946.
    • He claims to be smitten with Vera and strikes a deal with Ford to have a private, paid meeting with the young femme fatale.
    • ‘I sound like someone you might want to have an affair with, so I play all sorts of femmes fatales,’ she says, with obvious enjoyment.
    • Christine Chung plays the femme fatale, Mavis, with seductive intensity that inveigles poor Trevor into her arms.
    • He won't find a good socialist wife there, just married Mayfair femmes fatales.
    • At the time of its creation, Klimt's painting was considered the incarnation of the femme fatale.
    • Stanwyck, one of the smartest actors to find stardom in Hollywood, played femmes fatales with sandpaper souls through most of the 40s.
    • It's the night that she is the princess, the belle of the ball, the femme fatale.
    • When she attracts Lester, a bored and corrupt cop, she becomes a passive femme fatale.
    Synonyms
    temptress, siren, enchantress, sorceress, delilah, circe, lorelei, mata hari
    seductress, temptress, siren, enchantress, sorceress, charmer

Origin

Early 20th century: French, literally 'disastrous woman'.

Rhymes

Amal, Arles, banal, Barisal, Basle, Bhopal, Carl, chorale, corral, dhal, entente cordiale, Escorial, farl, Funchal, gayal, gnarl, halal, Karl, kraal, locale, marl, morale, musicale, Pascal, pastorale, procès-verbal, Provençal, rationale, real, rial, riyal, snarl, Taal, Taj Mahal, timbale, toile, Vaal, Vidal, Waal
 
 

Definition of femme fatale in US English:

femme fatale

noun
  • An attractive and seductive woman, especially one who will ultimately bring disaster to a man who becomes involved with her.

    a femme fatale who plays one man off against another in pursuit of money
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Yet to many observers these are the femmes fatales of the markets - seductive but essentially destructive temptresses.
    • Stanwyck, one of the smartest actors to find stardom in Hollywood, played femmes fatales with sandpaper souls through most of the 40s.
    • When she attracts Lester, a bored and corrupt cop, she becomes a passive femme fatale.
    • Is it any longer possible, though, for a femme fatale to seem new?
    • Christine Chung plays the femme fatale, Mavis, with seductive intensity that inveigles poor Trevor into her arms.
    • And although she delights in playing femmes fatales, she is most frequently cast as a small-town girl - an innocent with a steel core.
    • Elijah expected a beautiful mirage of glittering, ethereal beauty, the ultimate femme fatale, but now he knew not what to think.
    • He won't find a good socialist wife there, just married Mayfair femmes fatales.
    • It's the night that she is the princess, the belle of the ball, the femme fatale.
    • She is the femme fatale whose seductive voice, glamorous hair, and voluptuous body Rita Hayworth lent to the screen in 1946.
    • Those are not usually the characteristics of the femme fatale, but I loved that.
    • He claims to be smitten with Vera and strikes a deal with Ford to have a private, paid meeting with the young femme fatale.
    • She has become a franchise rather than a femme fatale.
    • At the time of its creation, Klimt's painting was considered the incarnation of the femme fatale.
    • ‘I sound like someone you might want to have an affair with, so I play all sorts of femmes fatales,’ she says, with obvious enjoyment.
    • My true passionate attack on the cinema is the legend of the femme fatale.
    • The female baddie is usually the sexy femme fatale.
    Synonyms
    temptress, siren, enchantress, sorceress, delilah, circe, lorelei, mata hari
    seductress, temptress, siren, enchantress, sorceress, charmer

Origin

Early 20th century: French, literally ‘disastrous woman’.

 
 
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