English to afrikaans meaning of

Die woordeboekbetekenis van die woord "ichor" is 'n vloeistof wat in die Griekse mitologie soos bloed in die are van die gode vloei. Dit word dikwels beskryf as goudkleurig en met magiese of goddelike eienskappe. In moderne gebruik word die term "ichor" soms metafories gebruik om te verwys na enige vloeistof wat vermoedelik veral suiwer, heilig of lewendmakend is.

Sentence Examples

  1. Something about fortifying the flesh with Ambrosia seemed to reduce fertility, even as it eventually turned the blood to ichor.
  2. With her left hand, she smeared her fingertips into her thigh wound, coating them with ichor.
  3. Nymphs lacked the significant Pneumatikoi of greater Titans like Athene, but still, traces of divine blood ran through their veins, and older ones like Kirke and Kalypso probably even had ichor instead of blood.
  4. Geysers of black ichor spurted out of those wounds, drenching Tyr.
  5. The ichor sloshed everywhere, drenching terrified and disgusted nobles that ducked as low as they could to the ground.
  6. That threw the man down onto his back with black ichor pooling around his broken body.
  7. The imposter fell backwards to the floor, a black ichor oozing from the wound in place of blood.
  8. He still bore the dolphin-encrusted breastplate, splattered with blood and ichor.
  9. She drove her sword straight down where spine would have met skull, igniting an eruption of ichor that coated her face.
  10. Dark ichor flowed from the puncture as he jerked the knife free and plunged it in again.