valkyrie
valkyrie — 名詞
1. In old Norse stories, a female warrior figure who decided which fighters would d
女武神
北歐神話中奧丁的女戰士使者
In old Norse stories, a female warrior figure who decided which fighters would die in a battle and then led the souls of those chosen to Valhalla, the great hall of the dead ruled by the god Odin.
João read about valkyries in a book of Norse myths and found them exciting.
João 在北歐神話書中讀到女武神的故事，覺得非常有趣。
read about + topic phrase for learning from a book
In the film, the valkyries flew across the sky on large white horses.
在那部電影中，女武神們騎著高大的白馬飛越天際。
prepositional phrase opener: 'In the film...'
Linh drew a valkyrie standing next to Odin's golden throne in Valhalla.
Linh 畫了一位女武神站在奧丁的黃金王座旁。
The old poem tells how a valkyrie carried the dead warrior's soul to Odin's hall.
那首古老詩歌描述女武神如何將戰士的靈魂帶往奧丁的大殿。
Hamza named his football team the Valkyries because they fought hard every game.
Hamza 把他的足球隊取名為「女武神」，因為她們每場比賽都奮力作戰。
- battle maiden
a general poetic term for a female warrior; less specific than valkyrie which is tied to Norse mythology
- shieldmaiden
a human female warrior in Norse sagas, not a supernatural being like a valkyrie
- chooser of the slain
a literal translation of the Old Norse valkyrja; used in academic or poetic contexts
文法句型
Valkyrie (capitalised) as a proper name for the group
用法筆記
Often capitalised (Valkyrie) when referring to the twelve specific figures in Old Norse mythology; lower-case (valkyrie) is more common in general or metaphorical use, such as a female warrior in fiction or games.