单词	goddess
释义	goddessgod‧dess, Goddess /ˈɡɒdɪs $ ˈɡɑː-/ ●●○ noun [countable] Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS I talked to him the way Bhairon had sung to his goddess. It is a short deductive step to equate the pillar with the goddess Potnia or the Mistress of Animals. Lee lifted herself a little towards her goddess and rested herself on one elbow, looking up like a child, expectant. Then come the seated goddesses Demeter and Kore, and the fine upstanding figure of Artemis the hunter. Was she to be regarded as a ghost, a courtesan, lost lamb, misunderstood goddess? We also learn that the interdependence of gods and goddesses extends to mortals. Thesaurus THESAURUS► god a male spirit or being who is believed by some religions to control the world or part of it, or who represents a particular quality: · Odin was the Viking god of war. ► goddess a female god: · Artemis, the Greek goddess of the moon ► deity a god. Deity is more formal than god: · a Hindu deity· Roman deities· the Supreme Deity ► idol a picture or statue that people pray to as a god: · a bronze idol WORD SETS► Religion acolyte, nounafterlife, nounagnostic, nounangel, nounanimism, nounanoint, verbapostasy, nounapostate, nounarchangel, nounbelieve, verbbeliever, nounbell-ringer, nounbless, verbblessed, adjectiveblessing, nouncelebrant, nounChristian Science, nouncircumcise, verbcircumcision, nouncommunion, nounconfession, nounconvent, nounconversion, nounconvert, nouncoreligionist, nouncowl, nouncredo, nouncreed, nouncult, noundaemon, nounDecalogue, noundefrock, verbdeism, noundenomination, noundenominational, adjectivedevotee, noundevotion, noundevotional, adjectivedevout, adjectivedivine, adjectivedivinity, noundruid, nounfaith, nounfast day, nounfeast, nounfervour, nounfiesta, nounfollow, verbfrankincense, noungentile, noungod, noungoddess, noungrace, nounhabit, nounhair shirt, nounhallelujah, interjectionhallowed, adjectivehalo, nounheathen, adjectiveheathen, nounheaven, nounheavenly, adjectivehell, nounheresy, nounheretic, nounhermit, nounhermitage, nounheterodox, adjectivehigh priest, nounidol, nounidolatry, nounincarnation, nounincense, nouninfidel, nounintercession, nouninvocation, nouninvoke, verbirreligious, adjective-ism, suffixlayman, nounlaywoman, nounlibation, nounliturgical, adjectiveliturgy, nounmartyr, nounmartyr, verbmeditate, verbmeditation, nounmission, nounmonastery, nounmonastic, adjectivemonk, nounmonotheism, nounMoonie, nounMormon, nounMosaic, adjectivemystery play, nounmystic, nounmystical, adjectivemysticism, nounneophyte, nounnovice, nounnovitiate, nounnuminous, adjectivenun, nounnunnery, nounoblation, nounobservance, nounoffering, nounOlympian, adjectiveordain, verborder, nounorthodox, adjectiveotherworldly, adjectivepagan, adjectivepagan, nounpantheism, nounpantheon, nounParsee, nounpilgrim, nounpilgrimage, nounpious, adjectivepluralism, nounpolytheism, nounpractise, verbpray, verbprayer, nounprayer wheel, nounpreach, verbpreacher, nounpriest, nounpriestess, nounpriesthood, nounpriestly, adjectiveprophet, nounprophetess, nounpurify, verbRasta, nounRastafarian, nounRastaman, nounRE, nounrecant, verbreincarnation, nounreligious, adjectivereligiously, adverbreliquary, nounrepent, verbretreat, nounrevelation, nounrevivalism, nounrite, nounritual, nounsacred, adjectivesacrifice, nounsacrifice, verbsacrificial, adjectivesanctify, verbsanctity, nounsanctuary, nounsanctum, nounsatanism, nounscripture, nounsect, nounsectarian, adjectiveservice, nounshaman, nounShinto, nounshrine, nounsin, nounsin, verbsinful, adjectivesinner, nounsoul, nounspirit, nounspiritual, adjectivespiritualism, nounspirituality, nounSr, sun god, nounsuppliant, nounsupplicant, nounsupplication, nounSupreme Being, nounTao, nounTaoism, nountemple, nountenet, nounthanksgiving, nountheism, nountheo-, prefixtheocracy, nountheologian, nountheological college, nountheology, nountonsure, nountranscendental, adjectivetranscendental meditation, nountransmigration, noununbelief, noununbeliever, nounungodly, adjectiveunholy, adjectiveunorthodox, adjectivevisionary, nounvoodoo, nounvotary, nounworship, verbworship, noun Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE► great · His amazement can be imagined when there appeared be-fore him the wondrous forms of the three great goddesses.· The west welcomed the great universal goddess as a phenomenon neither alien nor imposed from without.· We have traced her history from the great goddesses of the pre-patriarchal period, especially Inanna and her handmaiden, Lilith.· The great goddess Nemesis, which means righteous anger, undertook to bring this about. NOUN► screen · But when Meryl Streep tumbled off a plane at Heathrow yesterday, the screen goddess looked every inch a mortal. Phrases PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► screen goddess But when Meryl Streep tumbled off a plane at Heathrow yesterday, the screen goddess looked every inch a mortal. 1a female being who is believed to control the world or part of it, or represents a particular quality:  Aphrodite, goddess of love2screen goddess an attractive female film star
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