单词 | shylock |
释义 | shy·lock ![]() n. A ruthless moneylender; a loan shark. intr.v. shy·locked, shy·lock·ing, shy·locks To lend money at exorbitant interest rates. [After Shylock, the ruthless Jewish usurer in William Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice who demands a pound of his debtor's flesh as compensation for default upon a loan.] |
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