| 单词 | villain |
| 释义 | villain (once / 361 pages) n A villain is a bad person — real or made up. In books, movies, current events, or history, the villain is the character who does mean, evil things on purpose. Today a villain is a wicked person, whether in fact or fiction. In the 1300s, villain described a low-born rustic. It came from the Medieval Latin word villanus, or farmhand. Just why a word would evolve from meaning farmer into evildoer is a little mysterious, although it probably has to do with farmers not being chivalrous, like the knights who were so admired in those days. WORD FAMILYvillain: villainess, villainous, villains+/villainess: villainesses/villainous: villainously, villainousness USAGE EXAMPLESBut what looked like a potentially game-winning subsequent drive for Washington ended on Cousins’s second interception, with Rodgers-Cromartie playing the villain again. Washington Post(Jan 01, 2017) He’s a very unctuous, oily, truly horrific villain who the audience will enjoy despising. The Guardian(Jan 01, 2017) Those villains remain racism, greed, lack of a decent education and misuse of political power. New York Times(Dec 30, 2016) 1n a wicked or evil person; someone who does evil deliberately Syn|Hypo|Hyper scoundrel blackguard, bounder, cad, dog, heel, hound someone who is morally reprehensible gallows birda person who deserves to be hanged knave, rapscallion, rascal, rogue, scalawag, scallywag, varleta deceitful and unreliable scoundrel villainessa woman villain perisherbounder persona non grata, unwelcome person a person who for some reason is not wanted or welcome 2n the principal bad character in a film or work of fiction Syn|Hyper baddie character, part, persona, role, theatrical role an actor's portrayal of someone in a play |
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