culprit

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The person or thing at fault for a problem or crime.
    — I have tightened the loose bolt that was the culprit; it should work now.
  2. A prisoner accused but not yet tried. UK

词形变化

culprits plural

词汇关系

衍生词
nonculprit
相关词
culpable culpate disculp disculpate exculpate inculpate mea culpa

词源

From Anglo-Norman cul. prit, contraction of culpable: prest (d'averrer nostre bille) 'guilty: ready (to prove our case)', words used by prosecutor in opening a trial, mistaken in English for an address to the defendant. See culpable. It may have been influenced by Latin culpa (“blame, fault”).
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