Bluebeard
/ˈbluːˌbɪəd/1
- a character in a tale by Charles Perrault, who killed several wives in turn for disobeying his order to avoid a locked room, which contained the bodies of his previous wives. Local tradition in Brittany identifies him with Gilles de Rais (c. 1400-40), a perpetrator of atrocities, although he had only one wife (who left him).蓝胡子（查理·佩罗所创作的故事中的人物, 此人将几任前妻的遗体锁在一房间中, 并命令现任妻子不得入内, 但妻子没有照办, 他为此又杀了几任妻子; 布列塔尼当地传统认为此人就是惯于暴行者吉尔斯·德·莱斯［约1400-1440］, 不过他只有一位妻子, 且离开了他）。
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- as noun a Bluebeard a man who murders his wives连续杀妻者。