wretch

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An unhappy, unfortunate, or miserable person.
    — The poor wretch, who lay motionless a long time, just began to recover his senses as a stage-coach came by.
  2. An unpleasant, annoying, worthless, or despicable person.
    — Swear to me but, thou bold wretch! said she, swear to me, that Pamela Andrews is really and truly thy lawful wife, without sham, without deceit, without double-meaning; and I know what I have to say!
  3. An exile. archaic
动词 v.
  1. Misspelling of retch. alt-of,misspelling

词形变化

wretches plural

词汇关系

衍生词
wretched

词源

词源 1
From Middle English wrecche, from Old English wreċċa (“exile, outcast”), from Proto-Germanic *wrakjô (“exile, fugitive, warrior”), from Proto-Indo-European *wreg- (“to track, follow”). Doublet of garçon.
词源 2
From confusion with the noun.
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