Word · CEFR C1 · Frequency #21128
fiend
恶魔；凶恶的人
a cruel wicked and inhuman person
- 1.
A devil or demon; a malignant or diabolical being; an evil spirit.
魔鬼或恶魔；恶毒的或魔鬼般的存在；邪灵。
- 2.
a cruel wicked and inhuman person
残酷邪恶无人性的人
- 3.
A very evil person.
非常邪恶的人。
- 4.
an evil supernatural being
邪恶的超自然生物
- 5.
a person motivated by irrational enthusiasm (as for a cause); --Winston Churchill
受非理性狂热驱使的人
魔鬼或恶魔；恶毒的或魔鬼般的存在；邪灵。；残酷邪恶无人性的人；非常邪恶的人。；邪恶的超自然生物；受非理性狂热驱使的人
In use
The villain in the story was a fiend who enjoyed hurting others.
Only a fiend would leave a dog out in the freezing rain.
She called her cruel boss a fiend after he fired a sick employee.
a fiend for [noun/gerund]
表示对某事物极度热衷的人。
He is a fiend for exercise.
他是个锻炼狂。
a [noun] fiend
常用于复合词，表示对某物上瘾或痴迷的人。
She is a coffee fiend.
她是个咖啡迷。
a fiend (noun)
指邪恶或残忍的人。
The villain was a fiend.
那个恶棍是个魔鬼。
Connections
Collocations
- a fiend in human form
- 披着人皮的恶魔；人面兽心的家伙
- He seemed kind, but his neighbors knew he was a fiend in human form.他看上去很和善，可邻居们都知道他是个人面兽心的家伙。
- a fiend from hell
- 地狱来的魔鬼
- The villagers believed the creature was a fiend from hell.村民们相信那个怪物是从地狱来的魔鬼。
- a crossword fiend
- 填字游戏狂迷
- My uncle is a crossword fiend and solves one every morning.我叔叔是个填字游戏狂迷，每天早上都要解一道。
- a drug fiend
- 吸毒成瘾者
- The clinic helps drug fiends break their addiction.这家诊所帮助吸毒成瘾者戒除毒瘾。
Idioms & figurative uses
- dope fiend
- 毒品成瘾者；瘾君子The old story described a street corner filled with dope fiends.
Learner notes
Memory Tip
friend去掉r就是fiend（恶魔）——恶魔没有朋友，记住friend少了个r。
Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：religious and literary texts、crime news and serious writing、everyday talk about interests fiend 的语体随义项变化：指“魔鬼/恶魔”时多用于宗教或文学作品，较正式；指“凶恶的人”时常见于新闻或严肃叙述；指“狂热爱好者”（如 coffee fiend）时偏口语化。使用时请根据上下文判断。
Pronunciation & Spelling
Genuine rhymes: cleaned, screened, weaned, and greened rhyme with fiend /fiːnd/. Be careful: friend /frɛnd/ and field /fiːld/ look similar but have different vowels or endings, so they do not rhyme.
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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