"varlets" in Chinese (Traditional)
惡棍流氓(古語)
Definition
「Varlets」是一個古老的詞,最初指年輕男僕,後來指不誠實或品行不端的男人,類似於「無賴」或「流氓」。
Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))
「Varlets」是古語,僅在歷史小說、奇幻文學或幽默模仿古風時使用。現代常用「惡棍」「流氓」。不適用於日常口語。
Examples
The king's varlets cleaned the stables every morning.
國王的**惡棍**每天早上清理馬廄。
In the old story, varlets often served knights on their journeys.
在古老的故事裡,**惡棍**經常在騎士旅途中為其服務。
The villagers feared the varlets who roamed the countryside at night.
村民們害怕夜晚在鄉間遊蕩的**流氓**。
Those two varlets cheated everyone at the market!
那兩個**惡棍**在市場上騙了所有人!
You, varlets, get out of my sight before I lose my temper!
你們這些**流氓**,在我發火前走開!
No one believed the tales told by old varlets at the inn anymore.
再也沒有人相信旅館裡那些老**惡棍**講的故事了。