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n. (名詞 noun)[C]



          1.    壞人,惡棍

          2.    (戲劇、小說中的)反派角色,反面人物

                     He was cast as the villain in the play.

                     他在戲裡扮演反面角色。

          3.    【口】頑童,小淘氣

                     The children have been teasing the cat, the little villains!

                     孩子們一直在逗弄貓兒,這些小淘氣鬼!

          4.    【英】【口】罪犯





The Columbia Guide to Standard American English



villain, villein (nn.) 

   

These are homophones: 



a villain is "a criminal, a scoundrel," and in a drama, "the evildoer"; 



a villein in feudalism (封建制度) was a serf (農奴) who had the privileges of a freedman except in his relationship to his lord. 





see scoundrel