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词组 whore of Babylon
释义 whore of Babylon
noun
an extremely promiscuous woman US
Originally a disparaging sobriquet for the Church of Rome, in allusion to the Book of Revelations, Chapter XVII, where she is one of several mysterious Christian allegorical figures of evil.
  • Aunt Edie is so uptight she makes Marilyn Quayle look like the Whore of Babylon. — Armistead Maupin, Maybe the Moon, p. 149, 1992
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