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Jezebel

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++Jez·e·bel /ˈdʒezəbel, -bəl/ noun [countable]  old useSYSEX/HAVE SEX WITH a sexually immoral woman 荡妇
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JezebelOn Friday, I receive a letter. Jezebel ... Don't listen to a word they say.A woman like her ... To hear him talk, anyone would think she was some kind of Jezebel on the make.But the Jezebel poems went far beyond vilification of Elizabeth.She had nothing of the Jezebel about her, in fact she seemed remarkable, if anything, for her ordinariness.
Jez·e·bel nounChineseSyllable
immoral Corpus sexually a woman


Jezebel
Jezebel /ˈdʒezəbel, -bəl/ noun [countable]
old use a sexually immoral woman


Jez·ebelBrE /ˈdʒezəbel/ 🔊NAmE /ˈdʒezəbel/ 🔊 noun (old-fashioned) a woman who is thought to be sexually immoral 荡妇 ORIGIN From the name of the wife of a king of Israel in the Bible, who wore make-up and was criticized by Elijah for worshipping the god Baal. 源自《圣经》中以色列王之妻耶洗别的名字。她浓妆艳抹,因崇拜神祇巴力而受到以利亚的指责。