gargoyle

英 ['ɡɑːɡɔɪl] 美 ['ɡɑːrɡɔɪl]

• n. 滴水嘴；奇形怪状的人

英英释义

Noun:

1. a spout that terminates in a grotesquely carved figure of a person or animal

2. an ornament consisting of a grotesquely carved figure of a person or animal

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. His face was the gargoyle of the devil, it was not human, it was not sane.
   他的脸简直就像魔鬼模样的屋檐滴水嘴。
2. As an example, suppose you're carving a gargoyle up in the corner of this building.
   举个例子，假设你在雕刻建筑高处的某一角上的滴水嘴怪。

经典引文

• Police talked him down from the roof of Amiens Cathedral...He had been balancing..near a gargoyle.

  出自：Daily Telegraph

• A tall brass candlestick with gruesome gargoyles carved on the base.

  出自： transf.

• An old tormented master..screaming like a gargoyle.

  出自： C. Raine

近反义词

【近义词】

• waterspout 强大的水柱
• ornament 装饰
• decoration 装饰
• carving 雕刻品
• figurehead 装饰船头的人像...
• effigy 肖像