• n. 女預(yù)言家；女巫；古希臘德?tīng)柗频奶?yáng)神殿的女祭司

來(lái)自希臘語(yǔ)Pytho,Delphi神廟舊稱(chēng)。-ess,表陰性。即德?tīng)栰成駨R女祭司，引申詞義女巫，女預(yù)言家。

pythoness (n.)

late 14c., "woman with the power of soothsaying," from Old French phitonise (13c.), from Late Latin pythonissa, used in Vulgate of the Witch of Endor (I Sam. xxviii:7), and often treated as her proper name, literally fem. of pytho "familiar spirit;" which ultimately is connected with the title of the prophetess of the Delphic Oracle, Greek pythia hiereia, from Pythios, an epithet of Apollo, from Pytho, older name of the region of Delphi (see python).

1. She gazed at him -- a pythoness in humour.

她直視著他 -- 活脫脫一個(gè)女巫的神氣.

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