出处:按学科分类—语言、文字 中国对外翻译出版公司《汉英成语词典》第59页(259字)
比喻第一个做某项坏事的人或恶劣风气的创始人,例余某投靠洋人,在乡里开办鸦片馆,这个毒害乡民的始作俑者,终为后人所唾骂。
This man named Yu worked together with the foreigners and opened up an opium den in the village.This precursor of evil was later severely castigated.