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lorelei

/lawr-uh-lahy; German loh-ruh-lahy/US // ˈlɔr əˌlaɪ; German ˈloʊ rəˌlaɪ //UK // (ˈlɒrəˌlaɪ) //

罗蕾莱,罗莱莱,罗瑞雷,罗莱

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a quasilegendary nymph of the Rhine who lured sailors to shipwreck on her rock by singing: a creation of Clemens Brentano in a poem of 1800.
    • : a female given name.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as inseductress
Synonyms
jezebel洁丝贝儿,洁丝贝勒,洁西比,洁丝丽seducer诱惑者,引诱者,诱奸者,诱惑siren警报器,警笛声,警笛,报警器temptress诱人的女人,诱惑者,诱惑,诱惑女vamp踩踏,踩踏事件,踩点,踩踏声
as intemptress
Synonyms
delilah黛丽拉,德利拉enchantress魔女,妖女,女巫,巫婆jezebel洁丝贝儿,洁丝贝勒,洁西比,洁丝丽mermaid美人鱼,人鱼,人鱼小姐,人面兽心seductress诱人的女人,诱惑者,诱人的女子,诱人的女郎siren警报器,警笛声,警笛,报警器sorceress女巫,巫婆,巫师,魔女

Examples

  • Part-time archivist Lorelei Galbreath keeps a stack of folders as tall as a newborn on her desk.

  • He sang German folk-lore songs for them, and the "Lorelei," then comparatively unknown in America.

  • The Lorelei swam the water like a wonderful white aquatic bird, leaving upon the quiet sea a long snowy track of foam.

  • They are caught as in the eddy of the Lorelei, and are so hopelessly entangled that they never emerge again.

  • He wrote for Mendelssohn the text of a 'Lorelei,' but the composer died before the music was completed.

  • The Lorelei was 186 in, and Mrs. Pollock desired to speak with her husband.

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