English Dictionary

Moloch

/ˈməʊlɒk/

name

An ancient Ammonite deity worshiped by the Canaanites, Phoenician and related cultures in North Africa and the Levant. / (figuratively) A person or thing demanding or requiring a very costly sacrifice.

Moloch is a powerful demon in ancient mythology.

意味（1）

An ancient Ammonite deity worshiped by the Canaanites, Phoenician and related cultures in North Africa and the Levant.

意味（2）

(figuratively) A person or thing demanding or requiring a very costly sacrifice.

[W]e can't without wonder remember that horrid Invention projected in this place, but thanks be to God diſappointed, wherein there was not Reverence to the ſacred Bones of Princes, but all were at one blaſt to be offer'd up to Moloch.