Medusa

(noun.) one of two forms that coelenterates take: it is the free-swimming sexual phase in the life cycle of a coelenterate; in this phase it has a gelatinous umbrella-shaped body and tentacles.

(noun.) (Greek mythology) a woman transformed into a Gorgon by Athena; she was slain by Perseus.

整理:瓦莱丽

• She looked like a vivid Medusa. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• Here, too, the bride's aunt and next relation; a widowed female of a Medusa sort, in a stoney cap, glaring petrifaction at her fellow-creatures. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• He considered it quite equal to anything Medusa could do. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• I thought Medusa had looked at you, and that you were turning to stone. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.

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