Gorgon

 









gorgon



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【希神】戈耳戈 (三個蛇髮女怪之一, 面貌可怕, 人見之立即化為頑石)



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–noun 

1. Classical Mythology. any of three sister monsters commonly represented as having snakes for hair, wings, brazen claws, and eyes that turned anyone looking into them to stone. 



Medusa, the only mortal Gorgon, was beheaded by Perseus. 



2. (lowercase) a mean, ugly, or repulsive woman. 

 



　

The passionate performances further muddy the waters: Moore is a terrifying, lip-gloss gorgon, queasily convincing in her power-mad sanctity and the swoony way she executes the born-again, one-hand-in-the-air prayer stance that so resembles a Nazi salute. 



But Saved! hands us Moore warbling "God Only Knows" more than once, in character and on the soundtrack, while the narrative fastidiously avoids interfacing with a larger social context (outside of one believer ending a prayer with "And keep our president safe") or the possibility of abortion. 



Song interludes run from "Jesus Christ Superstar" to the Replacements to real Christian rock; the target keeps moving, and sometimes disappears altogether. 



warble

(鳥) 囀鳴

–verb

1. to sing or whistle with trills, quavers, or melodic embellishments: The [canary] warbled most of the day.  



growl

Langella has mastered the rumbling voice with its occasional touch of animal [growl].

peat

bleat

I listened to their [inane] bleat all evening

That was a bleat. A bleeding [lamb] has found out he's gone astray.

snarl

bellow

to emit animal cry, as a bull or cow. 

This leaves the [bellowing], trigger-happy Jackson to pick up the [slack] and chew the scenery 

Hence the voice: never a [bellow] or a [screech], nor yet a Brando-haunted mumble, but the soft [croon] of a conspirator; remember him as the arsonist for hire in "Body Heat,"

cackle

gaggle

which boasts a [gaggle] of big-name talent and an similarly outsized earnestness that ultimately [sinks] the entire project.

croak

That's what we all agreed. But I'm not gonna croak. I feel great.

purr

Mol [purring] at the camera, or romping in the woods with a pair of [cheetahs],

Walrus 





rapacious

insatiable

When small-town high school hottie Jennifer (Megan Fox) is possessed by a hungry demon, guys who never [stood] a chance with her, take on new [luster] in the light of Jennifer’s [insatiable] appetite. From the Oscar-winning screenwriter of Juno. 

Harpy

her Martha remains one of the more astonishing examples of an avenging [harpy] that the screen has to offer. 

avaricious



insatiable

satiety

crapulous

surfeit

successful psychiatrist who explains away the legitimate fears of others with a [surfeit] of self-help jargon.

Walrus 



Hymen

Innuendo