| 词汇 | svengali |
| 词源 | Svengali. Svengali, a common word unaccountably omitted from many dictionaries, means someone who controls other people and forces them to do as he wishes. The word comes from the assumed name of a Hungarian musician in George Louis Du Maurier’s Trilby (1894) who hypnotizes the heroine, gaining complete control over her. See trilby hat. |
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