Jezebel

名词 n. 专有名词
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A woman who is evil, scheming, shameless, or immoral. derogatory,slang
    — She’s an absolute Jezebel!
  2. Any of various pierid butterflies of the genus Delias.
专有名词
  1. The Phoenician princess and Queen of Ancient Israel who appears in the Old Testament (1 Kings & 2 Kings), and who incited heresy and lured the Jews away from their God and back to idols.
    — “I know if anyone called me a carrot-topped Jezebel, umbrage is the first thing I'd take. Who was Jezebel, by the way? The name seems familiar, but I can't place her.” “A character in the Old Testament, sir. A queen of Israel.” “Of course, yes. Be forgetting my own name next. Eaten by dogs, wasn't she?” “Yes, sir.” “Can't have been pleasant for her.” “No, sir.” “Still, that's the way the ball rolls.”

词形变化

Jezebels plural

词源

词源 1
Borrowed from Hebrew אִיזֶבֶל ('izével).
词源 2
Borrowed from Hebrew אִיזֶבֶל ('izével).
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