Moloch

(noun.) any lizard of the genus Moloch.

(noun.) god of the Canaanites and Phoenicians to whom parents sacrificed their children.

(noun.) a tyrannical power to be propitiated by human subservience or sacrifice; 'the great Moloch of war'; 'duty has become the Moloch of modern life'- Norman Douglas.

黛博拉编辑

• You would immolate me to that mill, your Moloch! 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• Each of these personages she adorned with a character that might have separately suited Moloch and Belial. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.

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