late 14c., in Greek legend, any of the three hideous sisters, with writhing serpents for hair, whose look turned beholders to stone, from Greek Gorgones (plural; singular Gorgo) "the grim ones," from gorgos "terrible, fierce, grim," of unknown origin. Transferred sense of "terrifyingly ugly person" is from 1520s. Their names were Medusa, Euryale, and Stheino, but when only one is mentioned, Medusa usually is meant. Slain by Perseus, her head was fixed on the aegis of Athena.
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1. They would not be devoured by this gorgon of the East.
彼らはこの東部の妖怪に食べられたくない.
2.The Gorgon ,Miss Springer,the games mistress came back to gave me a raspberry.
その女妖魔、つまり体育教師スプリンガーさんが戻ってきて私を教訓にしてくれた。
3.Perseus,favored by Minerva and Mercury,set out against the Gorgon .
ペルセウスはミネルバとメチュリーの庇護の下でこの蛇髪の女妖を征服するために出発した。
4.She would like to use Gorgon fruit ashe makes soups.
彼女はとろみの実でスープを作るのが好きだ。
5.The Gorgon project is one of the world 's largest propsed gas developments.