lep·er
noun/ˈlepə(r)/
/ˈlepər/
- a person who has the disease leprosy
Many people dislike this use and prefer to say that somebody has leprosy rather than refer to them as ‘a leper’.患有麻风病的人 - a person that other people avoid because they have done something that these people do not approve of
(因其所为而)被大家躲避的人;别人避之唯恐不及的人 - His outspoken views have made him a social leper.
他直言不讳的观点使他成为了一名社交麻风病人。
- His outspoken views have made him a social leper.
Word Originlate Middle English: probably from an attributive use of leper ‘leprosy’, from Old French lepre, via Latin from Greek lepra, feminine of lepros ‘scaly’, from lepos, lepis ‘scale’.