"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.
雙語例句
1. My boss is a real ogre.
我的上司是個十足的惡魔。
來自《權威詞典》
2. The ogre demanded the annual sacrifice of a young village lass to satisfy his blood lust.
這個食人巨妖要求村里每年獻祭一個少女來滿足他的嗜血欲.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
3. Ogre that he was, he spoke like an epicure.
他雖是個吃人惡魔, 說話倒像個美食家.
來自英漢文學 - 雙城記
4. My man is an ogre - a great big tremendous ogre.