hamlet

• n. 小村庄

ham-,即home,家，家园，村庄，-let,小词后缀。见Beckham.

hamlet

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.
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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.

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2. Hamlet is one of Shakespeare's best known tragedies.

《哈姆雷特》是莎士比亚最著名的悲剧之一.

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3. He played the title role in'Hamlet '.

他在《哈姆雷特》中演哈姆雷特的角色.

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4. They are going to put on Hamlet.

他们将上演《哈姆雷特》.

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5. The hamlet had been burned to the ground.

这座村落已完全被烧光了.

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