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.
雙語例句
1. Hamlet was played by Romania's leading actor, Ion Caramitrou, to rapturous acclaim.
哈姆雷特由羅馬尼亞的一流演員伊恩·克拉米宙來飾演, 以引起轟動.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
2. Hamlet is one of Shakespeare's best known tragedies.