Definition of orc in English:

orc

noun ɔːkôrk

(in fantasy literature and games) a member of an imaginary race of humanlike creatures, characterized as ugly, warlike, and malevolent.
（幻想小说或游戏中的）妖魔
Example sentencesExamples
- In the morning, they run into a band of elves who were at the ambush of the orcs.
- They hate orcs especially and are the reason that Rohan defeats the orcs at Helm's Deep.
- The passes there have become impassable because of the weather and the orcs that are everywhere.
- Boromir dies trying to stop a band of orcs from kidnapping Merry and Pippin.
- He explains to the hobbits that he is not really on a side but is definitely against anything having to do with orcs.
- Now, not to put the foul creatures down too much, orcs are not the brightest things that you could find.
- For it was true, the orcs had lost many more of their army than the elves, humans, and dwarves did.
- It's one thing to cast orcs or some other imaginary monsters as being evil.
- As they continue on the road, the sky is filled with carrion birds and wolves feed on the bodies of unburied orcs.
- All night they watch the armies of men and orcs dig trenches and build campsites outside the reach of their arrows.
- He makes timid steps back towards the tower and sees two orcs shot by their companions in the courtyard.
- One orc says that something hurt the creature and is still lurking in the tunnels.
- He realizes that the orcs were commanded to retrieve the hobbits and return them unharmed.
- They encounter some small groups of orcs away from the great army and they slay them quickly.
- He landed in water and floundered there until the blue creature shoved the other orc off the ship.
- Even when they are captured by a band of orcs, they do not lose their spirit.
- Soon they hear orcs marching in great haste with their captains whipping them from behind.
- There is a debate between the orc parties, and two orcs from the Mordor party are killed in the dispute.
- Legolas explains that the ax kills only orcs and Treebeard is content with this.
- Eomer tells him that they have already found the large band of orcs and killed them, losing many men of their own.

Derivatives

orcish

adjectiveˈɔːkɪʃ

Their orcish pig-faces, smeared with spittle and filth, would bleat out their ice cream demands, randomly pointing to the array of pictures on the side of my vehicle.
Example sentencesExamples
- Only roaring electric guitars in orcish songs seem to work well.
- As a teen, it was evil overlords and orcish hoards.
- Sir Kuiper used his influence to gain a concession in Pelgaryn as compensation for the losses he suffered from the orcish invasion.

Origin

Late 16th century (denoting an ogre): perhaps from Latin orcus 'hell' or Italian orco 'demon, monster', influenced by obsolete orc 'ferocious sea creature' and by Old English orcneas 'monsters'. The current sense is due to the use of the word in Tolkien's fantasy adventures.

In J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings the orcs are ugly, malevolent, goblin-like creatures that attack in hordes and sometimes ride wolves. The word was not invented by Tolkien, and had been used by the Anglo-Saxons, to whom an orc was ‘a demon’. It had died out by ad 1000, but came back into English in the 17th century from Italian orco ‘man-eating giant’. The source in both cases was Orcus, the name of a Roman god of the underworld which was also the root of ogre (early 18th century). When Tolkien was writing in the 1930s orc had become rare, and he revived the word—as a noted scholar he would have been aware of the earlier Old English use.

Rhymes

auk, baulk, Bork, caulk (US calk), chalk, cork, Dundalk, Falk, fork, gawk, hawk, Hawke, nork, outwalk, pork, squawk, stalk, stork, talk, torc, torque, walk, york

Definition of orc in US English:

orc

nounôrk

(in fantasy literature and games) a member of an imaginary race of humanlike creatures, characterized as ugly, warlike, and malevolent.
（幻想小说或游戏中的）妖魔
Example sentencesExamples
- All night they watch the armies of men and orcs dig trenches and build campsites outside the reach of their arrows.
- Eomer tells him that they have already found the large band of orcs and killed them, losing many men of their own.
- They hate orcs especially and are the reason that Rohan defeats the orcs at Helm's Deep.
- The passes there have become impassable because of the weather and the orcs that are everywhere.
- As they continue on the road, the sky is filled with carrion birds and wolves feed on the bodies of unburied orcs.
- He realizes that the orcs were commanded to retrieve the hobbits and return them unharmed.
- In the morning, they run into a band of elves who were at the ambush of the orcs.
- For it was true, the orcs had lost many more of their army than the elves, humans, and dwarves did.
- Legolas explains that the ax kills only orcs and Treebeard is content with this.
- One orc says that something hurt the creature and is still lurking in the tunnels.
- There is a debate between the orc parties, and two orcs from the Mordor party are killed in the dispute.
- Even when they are captured by a band of orcs, they do not lose their spirit.
- He makes timid steps back towards the tower and sees two orcs shot by their companions in the courtyard.
- He explains to the hobbits that he is not really on a side but is definitely against anything having to do with orcs.
- Boromir dies trying to stop a band of orcs from kidnapping Merry and Pippin.
- It's one thing to cast orcs or some other imaginary monsters as being evil.
- They encounter some small groups of orcs away from the great army and they slay them quickly.
- Now, not to put the foul creatures down too much, orcs are not the brightest things that you could find.
- He landed in water and floundered there until the blue creature shoved the other orc off the ship.
- Soon they hear orcs marching in great haste with their captains whipping them from behind.

Origin

Late 16th century (denoting an ogre): perhaps from Latin orcus ‘hell’ or Italian orco ‘demon, monster’, influenced by obsolete orc ‘ferocious sea creature’ and by Old English orcneas ‘monsters’. The current sense is due to the use of the word in Tolkien's fantasy adventures.

单词	orc
释义	Definition of orc in English: orc noun ɔːkôrk (in fantasy literature and games) a member of an imaginary race of humanlike creatures, characterized as ugly, warlike, and malevolent. （幻想小说或游戏中的）妖魔 Example sentencesExamples In the morning, they run into a band of elves who were at the ambush of the orcs. They hate orcs especially and are the reason that Rohan defeats the orcs at Helm's Deep. The passes there have become impassable because of the weather and the orcs that are everywhere. Boromir dies trying to stop a band of orcs from kidnapping Merry and Pippin. He explains to the hobbits that he is not really on a side but is definitely against anything having to do with orcs. Now, not to put the foul creatures down too much, orcs are not the brightest things that you could find. For it was true, the orcs had lost many more of their army than the elves, humans, and dwarves did. It's one thing to cast orcs or some other imaginary monsters as being evil. As they continue on the road, the sky is filled with carrion birds and wolves feed on the bodies of unburied orcs. All night they watch the armies of men and orcs dig trenches and build campsites outside the reach of their arrows. He makes timid steps back towards the tower and sees two orcs shot by their companions in the courtyard. One orc says that something hurt the creature and is still lurking in the tunnels. He realizes that the orcs were commanded to retrieve the hobbits and return them unharmed. They encounter some small groups of orcs away from the great army and they slay them quickly. He landed in water and floundered there until the blue creature shoved the other orc off the ship. Even when they are captured by a band of orcs, they do not lose their spirit. Soon they hear orcs marching in great haste with their captains whipping them from behind. There is a debate between the orc parties, and two orcs from the Mordor party are killed in the dispute. Legolas explains that the ax kills only orcs and Treebeard is content with this. Eomer tells him that they have already found the large band of orcs and killed them, losing many men of their own. Derivatives orcish adjectiveˈɔːkɪʃ Their orcish pig-faces, smeared with spittle and filth, would bleat out their ice cream demands, randomly pointing to the array of pictures on the side of my vehicle. Example sentencesExamples Only roaring electric guitars in orcish songs seem to work well. As a teen, it was evil overlords and orcish hoards. Sir Kuiper used his influence to gain a concession in Pelgaryn as compensation for the losses he suffered from the orcish invasion. Origin Late 16th century (denoting an ogre): perhaps from Latin orcus 'hell' or Italian orco 'demon, monster', influenced by obsolete orc 'ferocious sea creature' and by Old English orcneas 'monsters'. The current sense is due to the use of the word in Tolkien's fantasy adventures. In J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings the orcs are ugly, malevolent, goblin-like creatures that attack in hordes and sometimes ride wolves. The word was not invented by Tolkien, and had been used by the Anglo-Saxons, to whom an orc was ‘a demon’. It had died out by ad 1000, but came back into English in the 17th century from Italian orco ‘man-eating giant’. The source in both cases was Orcus, the name of a Roman god of the underworld which was also the root of ogre (early 18th century). When Tolkien was writing in the 1930s orc had become rare, and he revived the word—as a noted scholar he would have been aware of the earlier Old English use. Rhymes auk, baulk, Bork, caulk (US calk), chalk, cork, Dundalk, Falk, fork, gawk, hawk, Hawke, nork, outwalk, pork, squawk, stalk, stork, talk, torc, torque, walk, york Definition of orc in US English: orc nounôrk (in fantasy literature and games) a member of an imaginary race of humanlike creatures, characterized as ugly, warlike, and malevolent. （幻想小说或游戏中的）妖魔 Example sentencesExamples All night they watch the armies of men and orcs dig trenches and build campsites outside the reach of their arrows. Eomer tells him that they have already found the large band of orcs and killed them, losing many men of their own. They hate orcs especially and are the reason that Rohan defeats the orcs at Helm's Deep. The passes there have become impassable because of the weather and the orcs that are everywhere. As they continue on the road, the sky is filled with carrion birds and wolves feed on the bodies of unburied orcs. He realizes that the orcs were commanded to retrieve the hobbits and return them unharmed. In the morning, they run into a band of elves who were at the ambush of the orcs. For it was true, the orcs had lost many more of their army than the elves, humans, and dwarves did. Legolas explains that the ax kills only orcs and Treebeard is content with this. One orc says that something hurt the creature and is still lurking in the tunnels. There is a debate between the orc parties, and two orcs from the Mordor party are killed in the dispute. Even when they are captured by a band of orcs, they do not lose their spirit. He makes timid steps back towards the tower and sees two orcs shot by their companions in the courtyard. He explains to the hobbits that he is not really on a side but is definitely against anything having to do with orcs. Boromir dies trying to stop a band of orcs from kidnapping Merry and Pippin. It's one thing to cast orcs or some other imaginary monsters as being evil. They encounter some small groups of orcs away from the great army and they slay them quickly. Now, not to put the foul creatures down too much, orcs are not the brightest things that you could find. He landed in water and floundered there until the blue creature shoved the other orc off the ship. Soon they hear orcs marching in great haste with their captains whipping them from behind. Origin Late 16th century (denoting an ogre): perhaps from Latin orcus ‘hell’ or Italian orco ‘demon, monster’, influenced by obsolete orc ‘ferocious sea creature’ and by Old English orcneas ‘monsters’. The current sense is due to the use of the word in Tolkien's fantasy adventures.
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