ogre

英 ['??g?] 美['oɡ?]

暢通詞匯

復(fù)數(shù):?ogres;

ogre 食人惡魔

來(lái)自法語(yǔ)ogre,來(lái)自拉丁語(yǔ)Orcus,魔鬼，地獄食人魔，詞源同orc,半獸人。

ogre (n.): "man-eating giant," 1713, hogre (in a translation of a French version of the Arabian Nights), from French ogre, first used in Perrault's "Contes," 1697, and perhaps formed by him from Italian orco "demon, monster," from Latin Orcus "Hades," perhaps via an Italian dialect. In English, more literary than colloquial. The conjecture that it is from Byzantine Ogur "Hungarian" or some other version of that people's name (perhaps via confusion with the bloodthirsty Huns), lacks historical evidence. Related: Ogrish; ogrishness.

2. The ogre demanded the annual sacrifice of a young village lass to satisfy his blood lust.: 這個(gè)食人巨妖要求村里每年獻(xiàn)祭一個(gè)少女來(lái)滿足他的嗜血欲.

3. Ogre that he was, he spoke like an epicure.: 他雖是個(gè)吃人惡魔, 說(shuō)話倒像個(gè)美食家.

4. My man is an ogre - a great big tremendous ogre.: 我男人是個(gè)吃人妖魔 —— 又大又可怕的吃人妖魔.