a person guilty or capable of a crime or wickedness 歹徒;恶棍;坏人 ■the person or thing responsible for specified trouble, harm, or damage 惹祸的人,祸首;为害者 the industrialized nations are the real environmental villains. 工业化国家是造成环境问题的祸首。 ■(in a play or novel) a character whose evil actions or motives are important to the plot (戏剧或小说)反面人物,反派角色 a pantomime villain. 哑剧反派角色。
(archaic). variant spelling of villein (古)。 同 villein
语源
Middle English (in the sense 'a rustic, boor'): from Old French vilein, based on Latin villa (see villa)