| 单词 | villain of the piece |
| 释义 | > as lemmasvillain of the piece d. (Usually with the.) The character in a play, novel, etc., whose evil motives or actions form an important element in the plot. Also transferred, esp. in villain of the piece. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > fiction > [noun] > creation or description of characters > villain villain1822 bad guy1932 society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > part or character > [noun] > types of part or character underpart1679 persona muta1714 travesty1732 soubrette1753 old man1762 small part?1774 breeches-part1779 character part1811 fat1812 chambermaida1828 fool?1835 raisonneur1845 ingénue1848 villain of the piece1854 stock character1864 feeder1866 satirette1870 character role1871 travesty1887 thinking part1890 walk-on1902 cardboard cutout1906 bit1926 good guy1928 feed1929 bad guy1932 goody1934 walkthrough1935 narrator1941 cameo1950 black hat1959 1822 C. Lamb in London Mag. Feb. 178/2 The fact is, you do not believe in such characters as Surface—the villain of artificial comedy—even while you read or see them. 1854 A. C. Mowatt Autobiogr. Actress vii. 133 Ayesha, the villain of the piece,..had received a great wrong. 1867 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest I. iv. 252 Arnulf, as usual, appears as the villain of the piece. 1879 D. Cook Nights at the Play (1883) II. 222 Mr. Vezin represented the villain, a welcher, pretending to be a Russian count. 1928 P. G. Wodehouse Money for Nothing ix. 200 I'm sure you're on the right track. This bird Twist is the villain of the piece. 1937 Discovery May 163/1 Fascism, in its ultra-national aspect, is the villain of the piece. 1978 P. Sutcliffe Oxf. Univ. Press v. i. 173 Ernest Barker and others took on Nietzsche and Treitschke, who could be regarded as the ultimate villains of the piece. < as lemmas |
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