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资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Moloch \Mo"loch\, n. [Heb. molek king.]
1. (Script.) The fire god of the Ammonites in Canaan, to whom
human sacrifices were offered; Molech. Also applied
figuratively.
2. (Zo["o]l.) A spiny Australian lizard ({Moloch horridus}).
The horns on the head and numerous spines on the body give
it a most formidable appearance.
资料来源 : WordNet®
Moloch
n 1: a tyrannical power to be propitiated by human subservience
or sacrifice; "the great Moloch of war"; "duty has
become the Moloch of modern life"- Norman Douglas
2: god of the Ammonites and Phoenicians to whom parents
sacrificed their children [syn: {Molech}]
3: any lizard of the genus Moloch