Mo·loch /ˈmɑlək, ˈmoˌlɑk/
 閃米族的神,造成犧牲的事件,蜥蜴之一種


 Mo·loch prop. n.
 1. Script. The fire god of the Ammonites in Canaan, to whom human sacrifices were offered; Molech.  Also applied figuratively.
 2. Zool. A spiny Australian lizard (Moloch horridus). The horns on the head and numerous spines on the body give it a most formidable appearance.

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 Moloch
      n 1: a tyrannical power to be propitiated by human subservience
           or sacrifice; "the great Moloch of war"; "duty has
           become the Moloch of modern life"- Norman Douglas
      2: god of the Ammonites and Phoenicians to whom parents
         sacrificed their children [syn: Molech]
      3: any lizard of the genus Moloch


 Moloch
    king, the name of the national god of the Ammonites, to whom
    children were sacrificed by fire. He was the consuming and
    destroying and also at the same time the purifying fire. In Amos
    5:26, "your Moloch" of the Authorized Version is "your king" in
    the Revised Version (comp. Acts 7:43). Solomon (1 Kings 11:7)
    erected a high place for this idol on the Mount of Olives, and
    from that time till the days of Josiah his worship continued (2
    Kings 23:10, 13). In the days of Jehoahaz it was partially
    restored, but after the Captivity wholly disappeared. He is also
    called Molech (Lev. 18:21; 20:2-5, etc.), Milcom (1 Kings 11:5,
    33, etc.), and Malcham (Zeph. 1:5). This god became Chemosh
    among the Moabites.