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A felon is a person found guilty of a felony — a serious crime. Murder, rape, armed robbery: those are the kind of crimes the word is built for. It is mainly a United States legal word, and news about US cases uses it a lot. In ordinary English it can sound harsh and newspaper-like: they call someone a convicted felon. In many US states the label also changes life after prison — voting, guns, jobs — so it is not only about the crime; it sticks. It is not a casual insult for someone who did a small wrong, and it is not the everyday word for any person who breaks a rule.
重罪犯(多見於美國法律/新聞)
組成From Old French felon (“bad, evil”), from Early Medieval Latin fello; the deeper origin is uncertain. It is a historical twin of the old literary adjective fell, “fierce or cruel,” though almost nobody hears that when they say felon today.
原始詞典資料8 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
felonadj詞源 1/ˈfɛlən/
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Of a person or animal, their actions, thoughts, etc.: brutal, cruel, harsh, heartless; also, evil, wicked.
- For Courteſies, tho' undeſerv'd and great, / No gratitude in Fellon-minds beget, / As tribute to his VVit, the churl receives the treat.
- And tvventy youths in radiant mail incas'd, / Cloſe ambuſh'd nigh the ſpacious hall he plac'd. / Then bids prepare the hoſpitable treat: / Vain ſhevvs of love to veil his felon hate!
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Of a place: harsh, savage, wild; of a thing: deadly; harmful.
- He ask'd the VVaves, and ask'd the Fellon vvinds, / VVhat hard miſhap hath doom'd this gentle ſvvain?
- Thus often unbelief grovvn ſick of life, / Flies to the tempting pool or felon knife, / The jury meet, the coroner is ſhort, / And lunacy the verdict of the court: […]
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obsoleterareObtained through a felony; stolen.
- Thus hee that conquer’d men, and beaſt moſt cruell, / (VVhoſe greedy pavves, vvith fellon goods vvere found) / Anſvver’d Goliah’s challenge in a duell, / And layd the Giant groveling on the ground: […]
felonnoun詞源 1/ˈfɛlən/
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A person who has committed a felony (“a serious criminal offence”); specifically, one who has been tried and convicted of such a crime.
- I doe defie thy coniurations: / And doe attach thee as a fellon heere.
- And therefore they are but like the Fellon that ſtandeth before the Judge, he quakes and trembles, and ſeems to repent most heartily; but the bottom of all is, the fear of the Halter, not of any deteſtation of the offence; as is evident, becauſe, let but this man have his liberty, and he vvill be a Thief, and ſo a Rogue still, vvhereas, if his mind vvas changed, he vvould be othervviſe.
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obsoleteAn evil or wicked person.
- But he, the King of Heav'n, obſcure on high, / Bar'd his red Arm, and launching from the Sky / His vvrithen Bolt, not ſhaking empty Smoak, / Dovvn to the deep Abyſs the flaming Felon ſtrook.
- The master'd felon press'd the ground, / And gasp'd beneath a mortal wound, / While o'er him stands the Bruce.
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obsoleteA predatory animal regarded as cruel or wicked.
felonnoun詞源 2/ˈfɛlən/
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biologymedicinenatural-sciencesA small infected sore; an abscess, a boil.
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biologymedicinenatural-sciencesA small infected sore; an abscess, a boil.
- He hev been away from home for a few days, since he's had that felon upon his finger; for a' said, since I can't work I'll have a hollerday.
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。