单词 | goddess |
释义 | goddess From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Religiongoddessgod‧dess, Goddess /ˈɡɒdɪs $ ˈɡɑː-/ ●●○ noun [countable]1 RRa female being who is believed to control the world or part of it, or represents a particular quality Aphrodite, goddess of love2 → screen goddessExamples from the Corpusgoddess• We also learn that the interdependence of gods and goddesses extends to mortals.• Lee lifted herself a little towards her goddess and rested herself on one elbow, looking up like a child, expectant.• I talked to him the way Bhairon had sung to his goddess.• Was she to be regarded as a ghost, a courtesan, lost lamb, misunderstood goddess?• Then come the seated goddesses Demeter and Kore, and the fine upstanding figure of Artemis the hunter.• It is a short deductive step to equate the pillar with the goddess Potnia or the Mistress of Animals. |
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