demigod
n . 半神半人,小神,受崇拜的人
半神半人,小神,受崇拜的人
demigod n 1 :
a person with great powers and abilities [
synonym : {
demigod },
{
superman }, {
Ubermensch }]
2 :
a person who is part mortal and part god [
synonym : {
daemon },
{
demigod }]
Demigod \
Dem "
i *
god \,
n .
A half god ,
or an inferior deity ;
a fabulous hero ,
the offspring of a deity and a mortal .
[
1913 Webster ]
33 Moby Thesaurus words for "
demigod ":
Achilles ,
David ,
Hector ,
Roland ,
Samson ,
a man ,
brave ,
bulldog ,
chutzpanik ,
decorated hero ,
demigoddess ,
fighting cock ,
gallant ,
gamecock ,
god ,
goddess ,
godkin ,
godlet ,
godling ,
good soldier ,
hero ,
heroine ,
idol ,
lion ,
man of courage ,
paladin ,
phoenix ,
stalwart ,
superhuman ,
the brave ,
tiger ,
valiant ,
valiant knight A hacker with years of experience , a national
reputation , and a major role in the development of at least
one design , tool , or game used by or known to more than half
of the hacker community . To qualify as a genuine demigod , the
person must recognisably identify with the hacker community
and have helped shape it . Major demigods include {Ken
Thompson } and {Dennis Ritchie } (co -inventors of {Unix } and
C }) and {Richard Stallman } (inventor of {Emacs }). In their
hearts of hearts , most hackers dream of someday becoming
demigods themselves , and more than one major software project
has been driven to completion by the author 's veiled hopes of
apotheosis .
See also {net .god }, {true -hacker }.
Jargon File }]
1994 -10 -27 )demigod :
n .
A hacker with years of experience ,
a world -
wide reputation ,
and a major role in the development of at least one design ,
tool ,
or game used by or known to more than half of the hacker community .
To qualify as a genuine demigod ,
the person must recognizably identify with the hacker community and have helped shape it .
Major demigods include Ken Thompson and Dennis Ritchie (
co -
inventors of Unix and C ),
Richard M .
Stallman (
inventor of EMACS ),
Larry Wall (
inventor of Perl ),
Linus Torvalds (
inventor of Linux ),
and most recently James Gosling (
inventor of Java ,
NeWS ,
and GOSMACS )
and Guido van Rossum (
inventor of Python ).
In their hearts of hearts ,
most hackers dream of someday becoming demigods themselves ,
and more than one major software project has been driven to completion by the author '
s veiled hopes of apotheosis .
See also net .
god ,
true -
hacker ,
ubergeek .
Since 1995 or so this term has been gradually displaced by ubergeek .
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