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单词 ogre
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ogre


o·gre

O0045500 (ō′gər) n. 1. A giant or monster in legends and fairy tales that eats humans. 2. A person who is considered particularly cruel, brutish, or ugly.
[French, probably ultimately from Latin Orcus, god of the underworld.]
o′gre·ish (ō′gər-ĭsh, ō′grĭsh) adj.

ogre

(ˈəʊɡə) n1. (European Myth & Legend) (in folklore) a giant, usually given to eating human flesh2. any monstrous or cruel person[C18: from French, perhaps from Latin Orcus god of the infernal regions] ˈogreish adj ˈogress fem n

o•gre

(ˈoʊ gər)

n. 1. a monster in fairy tales, usu. represented as a hideous giant who feeds on human flesh. 2. a monstrously ugly, cruel, or barbarous person. [1705–15; < French, perhaps « Latin Orcus Orcus] o′gre•ish, o•grish (ˈoʊ grɪʃ) adj. o′gre•ish•ly, o′grish•ly, adv.
Thesaurus
Noun1.ogre - a cruel wicked and inhuman personogre - a cruel wicked and inhuman person fiend, demon, monster, devildisagreeable person, unpleasant person - a person who is not pleasant or agreeabledemoniac - someone who acts as if possessed by a demon
2.ogre - (folklore) a giant who likes to eat human beingsfolklore - the unwritten lore (stories and proverbs and riddles and songs) of a culturegiant - an imaginary figure of superhuman size and strength; appears in folklore and fairy talesogress - (folklore) a female ogre

ogre

noun1. fiend, monster, beast, villain, brute, bogeyman Some people think of bank managers as ogres.2. monster, giant, devil, beast, demon, bogey, spectre, fiend, ghoul, bogeyman, bugbear an ogre in a fairy tale

ogre

nounA perversely bad, cruel, or wicked person:archfiend, beast, devil, fiend, ghoul, monster, tiger, vampire.
Translations
妖魔食人魔鬼

ogre

(ˈəugə) noun in fairy stories, a frightening, cruel giant. 妖魔,食人魔鬼 妖魔,食人魔鬼

Ogre


ogre

(in folklore) a giant, usually given to eating human flesh

Ogre

 

a city; center of Ogre Raion, Latvian SSR. Situated on the Daugava (Zapadnaia Dvina) River at the point where the Ogre River empties into it. Railroad station on the Riga-Moscow line, 37 km southeast of Riga. Population, 20,700 (1973). Ogre has a knitwear combine, a plastics plant, and a cardboard factory.

REFERENCE

Saks, G. Gorod Ogre i ego okrestnosti. Riga, 1957.

Ogre

 

a river in the Latvian SSR, a right tributary of the Daugava (Zapadnaia Dvina) River. It is 176 km long and drains an area of 1,700 sq km. It originates in the Vidzeme Upland and flows through the Central Latvian Lowland. The river is fed by mixed sources. The mean flow rate 20 km from the river’s mouth is 17.7 cu m per sec. The Ogre freezes over in December and thaws at the end of March or early April.

What does it mean when you dream about an ogre?

An ogre in a dream may symbolize authority issues related to discipline in one’s business or personal life. Alternatively, this symbol may represent being an “ogre” to oneself through constant self-criticism. (See also Monster).

OGRE


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ogre


Related to ogre: Ogrish
  • noun

Synonyms for ogre

noun fiend

Synonyms

  • fiend
  • monster
  • beast
  • villain
  • brute
  • bogeyman

noun monster

Synonyms

  • monster
  • giant
  • devil
  • beast
  • demon
  • bogey
  • spectre
  • fiend
  • ghoul
  • bogeyman
  • bugbear

Synonyms for ogre

noun a perversely bad, cruel, or wicked person

Synonyms

  • archfiend
  • beast
  • devil
  • fiend
  • ghoul
  • monster
  • tiger
  • vampire

Synonyms for ogre

noun a cruel wicked and inhuman person

Synonyms

  • fiend
  • demon
  • monster
  • devil

Related Words

  • disagreeable person
  • unpleasant person
  • demoniac

noun (folklore) a giant who likes to eat human beings

Related Words

  • folklore
  • giant
  • ogress
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