gorgon
美音:
[´gɔ:gən
]英音:
[´gɔ:gən
]n.[希神] 蛇发女怪,可怕的女人,丑妇
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gorgon为短语/超纲词汇
gorgon
/'gɔ:gən; `ˇɔrˇən/
n
1 (in Greek myth) any of three snake-haired sisters whose looks turned to stone anyone who saw them (希腊神话中的)戈耳工(蛇发三姐妹之一, 见到者皆化为石头).
2 gorgon (fig 比喻) domineering, frightening or repulsive woman 专横的、可怕的或令人憎恶的女人
*Her step-mother, who hated her, was an absolute gorgon. 她的继母是个专横跋扈的女人, 很恨她.
gorgon
n[C]
Gorgon
one of the three sisters in ancient Greek stories who had snakes on their heads that made anyone who looked at them change into stone
BrE informal an ugly frightening woman
1. I asked him what it was and he told me that it was Medusa, the Gorgon. 我问他那是什么?他告诉我那是蛇发女怪美杜莎。
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