ogre
FREQ #14625
n. 食人魔鬼, 怪物, 象鬼的人, 可怕的东西
发音
UK
/ˈəʊ.ɡə/
US
/ˈoʊ.ɡɚ/
AU
词形变化
ogres
复数
ogres
释义与例句
n.
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1.
A large, grotesque, brutish humanoid monster, typically marked by great strength and a propensity to kill or devour humans.
食人魔
怪物
艺术 媒体 宗教 神话 哲学 -
2.
A cruel person.
比喻People are going to think I'm an ogre if I refuse to buy coffee for my little brother!
词汇关系
词源
First attested in the 18th century, borrowed from French ogre, from Latin Orcus (“god of the underworld”), from Ancient Greek Ὅρκος (Hórkos), the personified demon of oaths (ὅρκος (hórkos, “oath”)) who inflicts punishment upon oath-breakers. Doublet of orc and Orcus.
来源：wiktionary