lord of the flies

短语

发音

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释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    a ruler over a worthless kingdom; leader of a meaningless microcosm.

    习语 宗教
  2. 2.

    Beelzebub; Satan

词源

Calque of Biblical Hebrew בַּעַל זְבוּב (baʿal zəḇûḇ, “fly-lord, Beelzebub”), which in turn is a mistranslation of the name of the Semitic devil Baal-zevuv.

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