| 释义 |
Molochize, v.|ˈməʊləkaɪz|
[f. Moloch + -ize.]
trans. in nonce-uses. a. To imbue with the cruelty characteristic of the worship of Moloch. b. To immolate, to sacrifice as to Moloch.
1825Hone Every-day Bk. I. 295 Humanity was dead, for superstition Molochized the heart. 1877Tennyson Harold i. i, I think that they would Molochize them [sc. their babies] too, To have the heavens clear.
Hence ˈMolochizing ppl. a.
1878P. W. Wyatt Hardrada 44 The Molochizing fire that sears the germ Of kindness in man's soul. |