archfiend

名词 n.
中文释义
美 /ˈɑɹt͡ʃ.find/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A chief fiend (devil, demon or monster).
    — Of those [spirits] who rebelled some became devils, fiends or archfiends, according to the manifold proportions of their transgression.
  2. Satan. capitalized,often
    — So stretcht out huge in length the Arch-fiend lay Chain’d on the burning Lake,
  3. A diabolically evil person.
    — 1690, anonymous translator, The Royal Wanton (attributed to Gregorio Leti), London: F.B., Part 5, p. 48, […] her Arch-fiend and Devil of a Lord, had impudently sent the same Villain to abuse her once again.

词形变化

archfiends plural

词源

From arch- + fiend. Compare German Erzfeind, Dutch aartsvijand.
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