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单词 femme fatale
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femme fatalen.

Brit. /ˌfam fəˈtɑːl/, U.S. /ˌfɛm fəˈtæl/, /ˌfɛm fəˈtɑl/
Inflections: Plural femmes fatales, femme fatales, (irregular) femmes fatale.
Forms: 1800s– femme fatale, 1900s– femme fatal (chiefly U.S.).
Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French femme fatale.
Etymology: < French femme fatale (1800 or earlier in this sense) < femme femme n. + fatale , feminine of fatal fatal adj.In plural form femmes fatales after the French plural form. O.E.D. Suppl. (1972) gives only the non-naturalized pronunciation /fam fatal/.
An attractive and seductive woman, esp. one who is likely to cause risk to or the downfall of anyone who becomes involved with her.
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the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > [noun] > beautiful thing or person > beautiful person > beautiful woman > cruel or dangerous
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femme fatale1879
society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > loss of chastity > [noun] > seduction > seducer > seductress
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1879 St. Louis (Missouri) Globe-Democrat 21 July 2/3 It has intensified the disposition of most people here to regard the unhappy lady as essentially a femme fatale, a woman whose influence brings a curse to all within its range.
1912 G. B. Shaw Let. 19 Aug. in Bernard Shaw & Mrs. P. Campbell (1952) 39 Here I saw a Femme Fatale who was a fine figure of a woman.
1954 M. F. Rodell Myst. Fiction ix. 56 Whirling in a high-powered car from Monte Carlo to Cap d'Antibes on the trail of an exotically beautiful femme fatale.
1996 T. Parker Violence of our Lives iii. 115 After that she'd turn again, and be a sex kitten sort of femme fatale who wanted to make love right there and then on the floor.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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