(in ancient Greek stories) one of three sisters with snakes on their heads instead of hair, who can change anyone that looks at them into stone 戈耳工蛇发女怪（古希腊神话中三个蛇发女怪之一，人见之即化为石头） an ugly woman who behaves in an aggressive and frightening way 丑陋凶恶的女人
Word Originvia Latin from Greek Gorgō, from gorgos ‘terrible’.