hamlet

英['hæmlɪt] 美['hæmlət]

近义词village

反义词

复数: hamlets;

hamlet 村庄 “这村庄里正在上演《哈姆雷特》

hamlet 小村庄

ham-,即home,家，家园，村庄，-let,小词后缀。见Beckham.

hamlet: hamlet: [14] Hamlet is a double diminutive: etymologically it means ‘little little village’. It comes from Old French hamelet, a diminutive form of hamel, which was itself a diminutive of ham ‘village’. This was borrowed from a Germanic word related to English home, and to the -ham in many English place-names.
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hamlet (n.): early 14c., from Old French hamelet "small village," diminutive of hamel "village," itself a diminutive of ham "village," from Frankish *haim or some other Germanic source, from Proto-Germanic *haimaz "home" (see home (n.)); for ending, see -let. Especially a village without a church.

1. Hamlet was played by Romania's leading actor, Ion Caramitrou, to rapturous acclaim.: 哈姆雷特由罗马尼亚的一流演员伊恩·克拉米宙来饰演, 以引起轰动.

2. Hamlet is one of Shakespeare's best known tragedies.: 《哈姆雷特》是莎士比亚最著名的悲剧之一.