Shylock

发音

US /ˈʃaɪlɑk/
UK /ˈʃaɪlɒk/

词形变化

Shylocks 复数 Shylocks

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Alternative letter-case form of shylock.

name
  1. 1.

    A moneylender (Jewish stereotype) in Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice.

    媒体

词汇关系

名词

同义词 3

moneylender loan shark usurer

上位词 3

shark lender loaner

词源

Possibly derived from Hebrew שלח (Šélaḥ, the grandson of Shem), or Old Saxon [Term?] (“white-haired”), referring to goldsmiths and scriveners. It may also be derived from Michael Lok and an archaic meaning of shy (“untrustworthy”).

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