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ogress

/oh-gris/US // ˈoʊ grɪs //

议事厅,国会,议事会,议事堂

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a female monster in fairy tales and popular legend, usually represented as a hideous giant who feeds on human flesh.
    • : a monstrously ugly, cruel, or barbarous woman.

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Examples

  • They knew all the secrets of the ogress, and how to wheedle and coax her.

  • Scarcely has the fecundation been finished when the ogress turns, leaping, and devours the suitor on the very spot of his amours.

  • An ogre or ogress without a daughter, real or adopted, lacks the first requisite for doing a successful business.

  • It is in the third that the Ogress dwells, unless, indeed, she has already set out upon her nocturnal hunt for human flesh.

  • It is a sort of ogre's castle, and your aunt, 'savin' yer presince,' is the ogress.