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goddess

/god-is/US // ˈgɒd ɪs //UK // (ˈɡɒdɪs) //

女神,圣母玛利亚,圣母,神女

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a female god or deity.
    • : a woman of extraordinary beauty and charm.
    • : a greatly admired or adored woman: a domestic goddess who hosts lavish dinner parties.

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Examples

  • Mellaart probably took inspiration from the late Victorian anthropologist James George Frazer, author of The Golden Bough, who hinted that pre-Christian societies may have worshipped a mother goddess.

  • As a result, people of Mellaart’s generation were primed to see ancient civilizations through the lens of goddess worship.

  • This follow-up to “The Song of Achilles” is about the goddess who turns Odysseus and his men to swine.

  • The avocado green goddess dressing is also a winner, and if you’re anything like me, you’ll be tempted to double it to have more to eat with tortilla chips or anything else you want to dip.

  • He is one of the Mihashira-no-uzunomiko, being born from washing of Izanagi’s right eye – therefore making him the brother of Amaterasu, the sun goddess.

  • As a noted feminist/ illuminati member/ Goddess/ walking Instagram video, Beyoncé certainly wears many hats/ veils/ body suits.

  • The name Easter may, or may not, be derived from the Sumerian goddess Inanna, or Ishtar—the source of the Hebrew name Esther.

  • In Wicca, the female goddess is represented by the Moon, a symbol of Mother Earth and fertility.

  • In actuality, an encounter with a goddess of the underworld is another step in the second cycle of the monomyth.

  • A generation ago, sherpas characterized her as the goddess of security.

  • A basket full of millet must go with the millet cakes: this is the food wherein the country goddess finds pleasure most of all.

  • Priests attend upon the goddess, and female dancers display their talent before her, accompanied by the loud music of the tam-tam.

  • These are the followers of Levana, the austere goddess who takes up the new-born babe and perfects it by sorrow.

  • She was quite wickedly indifferent to consequences, and was inspired to woo the fickle goddess of popularity.

  • It was a wonderful talisman, secreted—I fancied in the dream—by the goddess of the Social Revolution.