| 单词 | shylock |
| 释义 | shylock (once / 2954828 pages) n WORD FAMILY shylock: shylocks USAGE EXAMPLESEarlier on Wednesday he was forced to apologise for using the word “shylock” in a recent speech. The Guardian(Sep 17, 2014) The word “shylock,” which has been used to refer to loan sharks, is an eponym from a Jewish character in Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice. Time(Sep 17, 2014) “And if you didn’t have it, there were shylocks to make sure you did.” New York Times(Nov 09, 2012) n someone who lends money at excessive rates of interest Syn|Hyper loan shark, moneylender, usurer lender, loaner someone who lends money or gives credit in business matters sharka person who is ruthless and greedy and dishonest Shylock (once / 12723 pages) n WORD FAMILY Shylock: Shylocks USAGE EXAMPLESIn “District Merchants,” the Shylock of Shakespeare’s “The Merchant of Venice” is re-imagined as a businessman and moneylender in Reconstruction-era Washington, D.C. Los Angeles Times(Sep 15, 2016) “Shylock is a villain. He’s insisting on a pound of flesh. He’s sharpening his knife.” New York Times(Jul 27, 2016) Munby’s “Merchant” underlines the exotic nature of Shylock’s Jewishness in gentile Venice: an improvised scene has father and daughter arguing in Yiddish. Washington Post(Jul 25, 2016) n a merciless usurer in a play by Shakespeare Exp character, fictional character, fictitious character an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story) |
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