goddess

名词 n.
/ˈɡɒdɛs/|/-ɪs/    /ˈɡɑdəs/|/-ɛs/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A female deity.
    — […] since the goddess Antu did not hold a prominent status at Uruk before the fifth century. The primary purpose of MLC 1890 was evidently to present Antu as universal goddess and all-encompassing cosmic location.
  2. An incredibly beautiful, gorgeous, sexy, attractive woman honored and adored for her beauty or of superior charm and intelligence. figuratively
    — The girls who had tormented me in high school had fallen, hard, from their pedestals. The cheerleader goddesses were Wal-Mart moms, wearing enough eyeliner and dark shadow to supply a Goth nightclub for a month.
  3. A woman of substantial authority or influence. figuratively

词形变化

goddesses plural

词源

From Middle English goddesse, equivalent to god + -ess, formed about 1350. The figurative meaning is first found in Edmund Spenser's Shepheardes calender (1579). Displaced Old English gyden.
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