gorgon
/ˈgɔːgən/noun
1- Greek Mythology each of three sisters, Stheno, Euryale, and Medusa, with snakes for hair, who had the power to turn anyone who looked at them to stone. Medusa was killed by Perseus.【希腊神话】戈耳戈, 蛇发女怪(斯忒诺、欧律阿勒和美杜莎三姐妹之一, 蛇发, 可将任何看她们一眼的人变成石头; 美杜莎被珀尔修斯所杀)。
1.1
- a fierce, frightening, or repulsive woman暴躁的女人, 可怕的女人; 令人厌恶的女人。
词源
via Latin from Greek Gorgō, from gorgos 'terrible'.