英语词汇“femme fatale”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

A dangerously beautiful woman, particularly one who is a fictional character, can be called a femme fatale. A femme fatale usually means trouble for the men who fall for her seductive ways.

Use the noun femme fatale to describe the character in your mystery novel who uses her mysterious beauty to seduce the detective hero into nearly making a terrible mistake. It's a term that has been used in English since the 1880s, and it comes from the French femme, "woman," and the Latin fatale, literally "decreed by fate," but in this case meaning something closer to "disastrous." Famous literary femmes fatales include Medea and Catwoman.

WORD FAMILY

femme fatale

USAGE EXAMPLES

She’s a perfectly programmed femme fatale: a widow entirely confident in her superiority over both genders – and her devastating appeal for men.

The Guardian(Dec 08, 2016)

A struggling L.A. musician takes a gig at a swanky bar where he meets an older, wealthy femme fatale and begins a life altering affair.

Los Angeles Times(Nov 04, 2016)

She’s a femme fatale all right; she’s voluptuous, glamorous, but Balanchine also made her to be cold, snakelike, lethal and brutal.

New York Times(Oct 25, 2016)

n a woman who is considered to be dangerously seductive

Syn|Hyper

Delilah, enchantress, siren, temptress

adult female, woman

an adult female person (as opposed to a man)

单词	femme fatale
释义	femme fatale (once / 69119 pages) n A dangerously beautiful woman, particularly one who is a fictional character, can be called a femme fatale. A femme fatale usually means trouble for the men who fall for her seductive ways. Use the noun femme fatale to describe the character in your mystery novel who uses her mysterious beauty to seduce the detective hero into nearly making a terrible mistake. It's a term that has been used in English since the 1880s, and it comes from the French femme, "woman," and the Latin fatale, literally "decreed by fate," but in this case meaning something closer to "disastrous." Famous literary femmes fatales include Medea and Catwoman. WORD FAMILY femme fatale USAGE EXAMPLES She’s a perfectly programmed femme fatale: a widow entirely confident in her superiority over both genders – and her devastating appeal for men. The Guardian(Dec 08, 2016) A struggling L.A. musician takes a gig at a swanky bar where he meets an older, wealthy femme fatale and begins a life altering affair. Los Angeles Times(Nov 04, 2016) She’s a femme fatale all right; she’s voluptuous, glamorous, but Balanchine also made her to be cold, snakelike, lethal and brutal. New York Times(Oct 25, 2016) n a woman who is considered to be dangerously seductive Syn\|Hyper Delilah, enchantress, siren, temptress adult female, woman an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
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