Delilah
Delilah · Delilahs
A beautiful, cunning and treacherous womanA beautiful, cunning and treacherous woman; a femme fatale.
/dɪˈlaɪlə/
» Delilah asked Samson: "Tell me, where do you get your power?"
Значення
значень: 2A beautiful, cunning and treacherous woman; a femme fatale.
A libertine; a harlot; a woman of loose morals.
Ще визначення
- (Old Testament) the Philistine mistress of Samson who betrayed him by cutting off his hair and so deprived him of his strength
- a woman who is considered to be dangerously seductive
Приклади
речень: 4Delilah asked Samson: "Tell me, where do you get your power?"
Delilah asked Samson: "Tell me, where do you get your strength?"
He can't find Delilah anywhere.
Delilah said to Samson, Tell me, I pray thee, wherein thy great strength.
Походження
Borrowed from Hebrew דְּלִילָה (d'līla, “[she who] weakened”).Borrowed from Hebrew דְּלִילָה (d'līla, “[she who] weakened”).
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Форми
множина: DelilahsСиноніми
синонімів: 6femme fatale:vamp
libertine:promiscuous woman
Близькі за значенням
- a woman who is considered to be dangerously seductive:enchantresstemptresssirenfemme fatale