| 释义 |
Gorgonize, v.|ˈgɔːgənaɪz|
[f. Gorgon + -ize.]
trans. a. To petrify as by the glance of a Gorgon; to render hard or stony. b. To gaze at with the look of a Gorgon.
1609J. Davies Holy Roode E i b, What Eies so Gorgoniz'd that can endure To see the All-vpholder forc'd to bow? a1631Donne Polydoron 173 The Stony Jewes had beene Gorgonized before his comming. 1855Tennyson Maud i. xiii. 21 Curving a contumelious lip, Gorgonised me from head to foot With a stony British stare. 1879Dowden Southey i. 5 Ma'am Powell was old and grim, and with her lashless eyes gorgonized the new pupil. |