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Villain Evil Wicked Word Vɪlən Caught Police Brought

Front villain
Pron ['vɪlən]
Back 【VILLAIN】
The villain was caught by the police and brought to trial.
这恶棍被警方逮捕并交付审判。
【重点词汇】
villain n. 恶棍 同: rogue
Vocab
villaina wicked or evil person; someone who does evil deliberately

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.

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