单词 | medusa head |
释义 | > as lemmasMedusa head Medusa head n. (see also Medusa's head n.). ΚΠ 1849 U.S. Mag. & Democratic Rev. Feb. 116 Is it wonderful that socialism rears its Medusa head, and shakes its serpent curls at all government, declaring, with the fanatic Proudhon, that all property is robbery? 1869 ‘M. Twain’ Innocents Abroad xl. 423 It [sc. a piece of sculpture] is..the headless body of a man, clad in a coat of mail, with a Medusa head upon the breast-plate. 1968 H. Ellison City on Edge of Forever in J. Blish Star Trek 2 98 Some of it was masked by the Medusa-head of wires, oils and banks of old vacuum tubes. 1995 Guardian 15 July 10/8 The..mosaic has a Medusa head at a most unusual angle. < as lemmas |
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