orc

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ɔːk/    美 /ɔɹk/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Any of several large, ferocious sea creatures, now especially the killer whale. archaic
    — The latter phenomenon is similar to the conceptual division seen in Ainu society between kimun-kamuy, the bear spirit of the mountains, and repun-kamuy, the orc or dolphin spirit of the sea.
  2. A mythical evil monstrous humanoid creature, usually quite aggressive and often green.
    — Who at one stroke didst pare away three heads from off the shoulders of an Orke, begotten by an Incubus.
  3. A Russian soldier or gangster. derogatory,slang
    — Ukrainians themselves, including those on the right, preferred to call the events the 'Revolution of Dignity', depicted not in terms of ethnicity or class, but in simple civic black and white – a revolution of the people against Yanukovych's 'Mordor' and his 'Orcs'.
  4. A Russian person. Internet,broadly,ethnic,slur

词形变化

orcs plural ork alternative,obsolete orcs plural ork alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
half-orc orcess orcish orckind orclike orcling she-orc SMOrc wereorc New Orc Times Orcban Orcistan
相关词
ogre goblin troll Nork

词源

词源 1
From Middle French orque, Italian orca, and their source, Latin orca (“type of whale”). Doublet of orca.
词源 2
Probably from Italian orco (“man-eating giant”); later revived by J. R. R. Tolkien, partly after Old English orc, which he took to mean "demon". Both are from Latin Orcus (“the underworld; the god Pluto”). Doublet of ogre and Orcus.
Etymology 2 sense 2 is a semantic loan from Ukrainian орк (ork, “evil monstrous humanoid creature; orc”) or Russian орк (ork), both from the English word and possibly under the influence of Russian у́рка (úrka, “criminal”, prison slang). Popularized in English in 2022, following the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
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