"man-eating giant," 1713, hogre (in a translation of a French version of the Arabian Nights), from French ogre, first used in Perrault's "Contes," 1697, and perhaps formed by him from Italian orco "demon, monster," from Latin Orcus "Hades," perhaps via an Italian dialect. In English, more literary than colloquial. The conjecture that it is from Byzantine Ogur "Hungarian" or some other version of that people's name (perhaps via confusion with the bloodthirsty Huns), lacks historical evidence. Related: Ogrish; ogrishness.
雙語(yǔ)例句
1. My boss is a real ogre.
我的上司是個(gè)十足的惡魔。
來(lái)自《權(quán)威詞典》
2. The ogre demanded the annual sacrifice of a young village lass to satisfy his blood lust.