ogre

英 [ˈəʊɡə(r)]

美 [ˈoʊɡər]

n.  (传说中的)食人恶魔; 凶恶的人; 可怕的人

复数：ogres　

BNC.27637 / COCA.21141

牛津词典

noun

• （传说中的）食人恶魔
  (in stories) a cruel and frightening giant who eats people
• 凶恶的人；可怕的人
  a very frightening person
  1. My boss is a real ogre.
     我的上司是个十足的恶魔。

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT （幽默说法）凶残的人，可怕的人
  If you refer to someone as anogre, you are saying in a humorous way that they are very frightening.
  1. Bank managers—like tax inspectors—do not really like being thought of as ogres.
     银行经理像税务稽查员一样，不喜欢被人们认为是妖魔化身。
• （传说、童话中的）食人恶魔
  In legends and fairy stories, anogreis a large, cruel, frightening man who often eats people.

英英释义

noun

• (folklore) a giant who likes to eat human beings
• a cruel wicked and inhuman person
  Synonym:monsterfienddevildemon

双语例句

• She's a princess, and you're an ogre.
  她是公主，而你只是怪物。
• Bank managers — like tax inspectors — do not really like being thought of as ogres.
  银行经理像税务稽查员一样，不喜欢被人们认为是妖魔化身。
• But this time the ogre was only pretending to be asleep.
  但是这次，怪物只是假装睡着了。
• I am an ogre.
  我是个怪物。
• It went on singing until the sound of the ogre's snoring shook the castle once again.
  金竖琴一直唱啊唱，直到怪物的鼾声又震得城堡直晃。
• He realized that the ogre was going to cook him!
  他明白这妖魔要烹煮他！
• Which is perhaps why, despite all my culinary endeavours, I am still waiting for my ogre.
  可能正是由于这个原因，尽管我在烹调上付出了那么多努力，但我至今仍在等待自己的吃人恶魔。
• You don't have to waste good manners on the ogre.
  你不必对那只怪物太有礼貌。
• With the ogre I married.
  与我所嫁的怪物一块生活。
• "Maybe you know more about it than I do," said the ogre's wife.
  “也许你比我知道得更清楚吧。”妖婆回答说。