hamlet: [14] Hamlet is a double diminutive: etymologically it means ‘little little village’. It comes from Old French hamelet, a diminutive form of hamel, which was itself a diminutive of ham ‘village’. This was borrowed from a Germanic word related to English home, and to the -ham in many English place-names. => home
hamlet (n.)
early 14c., from Old French hamelet "small village," diminutive of hamel "village," itself a diminutive of ham "village," from Frankish *haim or some other Germanic source, from Proto-Germanic *haimaz "home" (see home (n.)); for ending, see -let. Especially a village without a church.
中文解释
hamlet 村庄 “这村庄里正在上演《哈姆雷特》
实用例句
1. Hamlet was played by Romania's leading actor, Ion Caramitrou, to rapturous acclaim.
哈姆雷特由罗马尼亚的一流演员伊恩·克拉米宙来饰演, 以引起轰动.
来自《简明英汉词典》
2. Hamlet is one of Shakespeare's best known tragedies.
