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单词 goddess
释义 god·dess
\ˈgädə̇s\ noun
(-es)
Etymology: Middle English godesse, goddesse, from god + -esse -ess
1. : a female god : a divinity or deity of the female sex
 < the Hindu assassins used hashish as devotees of the goddess Thuggee — Weston La Barre >
 < the goddess of mercy >
2.
 a. : a woman who is the object of adoration
  < like the lover whose imagination makes a goddess of some commonplace young woman — C.E.Montague >
 b. : something personified as a woman that is honored as a goddess, deified, or held to be of supreme value
  < that characteristic middle-class goddess … — the English Common Law — Roy Lewis & Angus Maude >
3. : a woman of great charms; especially : a woman of extraordinary physical beauty
4. : a female occupant of the gallery of a theater
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