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villain 音标拼音: [v'ɪlən] n. 坏人,恶根 坏人,恶根 villain n 1: a wicked or evil person; someone who does evil deliberately [ synonym: { villain}, { scoundrel}] 2: the principal bad character in a film or work of fiction [ synonym: { villain}, { baddie}] Villain \ Vil" lain\, v. t. To debase; to degrade. [ Obs.] -- Sir T. More. [ 1913 Webster]
Villain \ Vil" lain\, n. [ OE. vilein, F. vilain, LL. villanus, from villa a village, L. villa a farm. See { Villa}.] [ 1913 Webster] 1. ( Feudal Law) One who holds lands by a base, or servile, tenure, or in villenage; a feudal tenant of the lowest class, a bondman or servant. [ In this sense written also { villan}, and { villein}.] [ 1913 Webster] If any of my ansectors was a tenant, and a servant, and held his lands as a villain to his lord, his posterity also must do so, though accidentally they become noble. -- Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster] Note: Villains were of two sorts; villains regardant, that is, annexed to the manor ( LL. adscripti glebae); and villains in gross, that is, annexed to the person of their lord, and transferable from one to another. -- Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster] 2. A baseborn or clownish person; a boor. [ R.] [ 1913 Webster] Pour the blood of the villain in one basin, and the blood of the gentleman in another, what difference shall there be proved? -- Becon. [ 1913 Webster] 3. A vile, wicked person; a man extremely depraved, and capable or guilty of great crimes; a deliberate scoundrel; a knave; a rascal; a scamp. [ 1913 Webster] Like a villain with a smiling cheek. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] Calm, thinking villains, whom no faith could fix. -- Pope. [ 1913 Webster]
Villain \ Vil" lain\, a. [ F. vilain.] Villainous. [ R.] -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 121 Moby Thesaurus words for " villain": Roscius, SOB, actor, actress, antagonist, antihero, bad guy, bad person, barnstormer, bastard, bit, bit part, blackguard, blighter, bounder, cad, caitiff, cast, character, character actor, character man, character woman, child actor, criminal, crook, cue, cur, deceiver, delinquent, devil, diseur, diseuse, dog, dramatizer, evildoer, fat part, feeder, felon, foil, gangster, heavy, hero, heroine, histrio, histrion, ingenue, juvenile, knave, lawbreaker, lead, lead role, leading lady, leading man, leading woman, lines, malefactor, malevolent, malfeasant, malfeasor, matinee idol, mime, mimer, mimic, miscreant, misfeasor, mobster, monologist, mummer, outlaw, pantomime, pantomimist, part, person, personage, piece, playactor, player, precious rascal, protagonist, protean actor, public enemy, racketeer, rapscallion, rascal, rat, reciter, reptile, rogue, role, rotter, scalawag, scamp, scoundrel, shyster, side, sinner, sneak, soubrette, spalpeen, stage performer, stage player, stooge, straight man, straight part, stroller, strolling player, supporting character, supporting role, theatrical, thespian, thief, title role, transgressor, trouper, utility man, viper, walk- on, walking part, worker of ill, wretch, wrongdoer |
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