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词组 famous
释义 famous
If someone or something is famous, very many people know about them.
...a famous writer.
...the most famous Australian animal, the kangaroo.
...Sir Basil Blackwell, proprietor of the famous Oxford bookshop.


◊ 'well-known'

Well-known has a similar meaning to famous. However, a well-known person or thing is usually known to fewer people or in a smaller area than a famous one.
...a club run by Paul Ross, a well-known Lakeland climber.
...his two well-known books on modern art.

Well-known can be spelled with or without a hyphen. You usually spell it with a hyphen in front of a noun and without a hyphen after a verb.
I took him to a well-known doctor in Harley Street.
The building became very well known.


◊ 'notorious'

Someone or something that is notorious is well known for something that is bad or undesirable.
The area was notorious for murders.
...his notorious arrogance.


◊ 'infamous'

People and things are described as infamous when they are well known because they are connected with wicked or cruel behaviour.
Here the infamous Burr killed the noble Hamilton.
...the infamous Doctors' Plot of 1953.

Infamous is a rather literary word. Note that it is not the opposite of 'famous'.
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