| 单词 | medusa |
| 释义 | medusa (once / 89541 pages) n WORD FAMILY medusa: medusae, medusas, medusoid USAGE EXAMPLESEveryone, including the media, unwittingly participates to conferr an amorphous aura to this medusa, ensuring that it can never get killed. New York Times(Jul 15, 2016) There is menace, too, in the sea, which is teeming with nasty stinging jellyfish known as medusas. New York Times(Jul 10, 2016) Later, the polyp buds, release many swimming medusae that then spawn and die. National Geographic(Mar 02, 2016) n one of two forms that coelenterates take: it is the free-swimming sexual phase in the life cycle of a coelenterate; in this phase it has a gelatinous umbrella-shaped body and tentacles Syn|Hyper medusan, medusoid cnidarian, coelenterate radially symmetrical animals having saclike bodies with only one opening and tentacles with stinging structures; they occur in polyp and medusa forms Medusa (once / 17589 pages) n WORD FAMILY Medusa: Medusae, Medusas USAGE EXAMPLESThe royal family had a society based in peace and led by its monarch, Black Bolt, and his wife, Queen Medusa. Los Angeles Times(Nov 14, 2016) Two early pencil drawings of Picasso’s, by contrast, show him using a line every bit as taut and substantial as those of the “Medusa.” New York Times(Nov 10, 2016) To my surprise, the Medusa myth and her monstrous gaze began to tiptoe lightly through my book. The Guardian(Oct 22, 2016) n (Greek mythology) a woman transformed into a Gorgon by Athena; she was slain by Perseus Hyper Gorgon (Greek mythology) any of three winged sister monsters and the mortal Medusa who had live snakes for hair; a glance at Medusa turned the beholder to stone |
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