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单词 moloch
释义 mo·loch
\ˈmälək, ˈmōˌläk\ noun
Etymology: Late Latin, an ancient Semitic deity, from Greek, from Hebrew Mōlekh
1. -s usually capitalized : a tyrannical power to be propitiated by human subservience or sacrifice
 < duty has become the Moloch of modern life — Norman Douglas >
 < began … to suspend members of his staff as a human sacrifice to propitiate the Moloch of fear and hysteria — New Republic >
2. [New Latin, from Late Latin]
 a. capitalized : a genus of small spiny Australian desert lizards
 b. -s : any lizard of the genus Moloch
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